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Ask Fear & Greed: What's the difference between a correction and a crash?

Ask Fear & Greed: What's the difference between a correction and a crash?

FEAR & GREED | Business News
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<p>Listener Dave asks:&nbsp;<em>Sean uses various terms for share price movements and I wonder which ones mean something and which ones are just to make more interesting copy. I assume bounced is different from rose. And spiked is different from increased. Plunged is different from dropped. Or is it? For me anything less than a 5% change is just noise if you’re not a day trader. Can Sean please give us a definitive list of the phrases to pay attention to?</em><br><br>Join Sean Aylmer &amp; Michael Thompson as they answer listener questions.<br><br>If you have your own question for Ask Fear &amp; Greed, get in touch via our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://fearandgreed.com.au&amp;sa=D&amp;source=calendar&amp;ust=1727182811797445&amp;usg=AOvVaw2r5omUPTUtqpXMbhtWEdRQ" rel="nofollow">website</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/company/fear-and-greed&amp;sa=D&amp;source=calendar&amp;ust=1727182811797445&amp;usg=AOvVaw3GafNqSCFyXE1ygsA9ek4y" rel="nofollow">LinkedIn</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/fearandgreedpodcast/&amp;sa=D&amp;source=calendar&amp;ust=1727182811797445&amp;usg=AOvVaw31-4DgUnEdpiZfcPwf_UwR" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/FearAndGreedPodcast&amp;sa=D&amp;source=calendar&amp;ust=1727182811797445&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ymLrGYUhsppzKHKVnYR2p" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a>!</p> <p><a href="https://fearandgreed.com.au" rel="nofollow">Find out more: https://fearandgreed.com.au</a></p> <p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>