Widow Maker
The “widow maker” is a special term, since it’s used in so many industries. In all of them, it refers to something that’s going to kill someone soon, possibly metaphorically. It was first used in the medical and forestry industries, where it really meant it (the death part). But nowadays, it's used more metaphorically. For instance, in finance, it can mean a stupid-risky investment, which could result in a huge loss.
Fun fact: there’s even a burger called the “widow maker.” It’s got onion rings, bacon, avocado, and much, much more. Did you figure out the message of the widow maker? Since’s it’s old-timey, it’s a bit sexist, but basically the idea is that whatever “thing” would kill a married man, thereby “making a widow."
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but it actually refers to a terrible situation when the
market plummets rebounds very slightly and then plummets again The
idea comes from the notion of dropping a cat off
of a high building It hits the cement dead bounces
a bit before then is a big wet thud Yeah
peeta no cats were harmed in the production of this
definition Thie market has fallen from five thousand twelve hundred
now it's at fourteen hundred and now it's back to
twelve hundred Yeah that uplift of two hundred points there
from twelve hundred fourteen hundred before it went back twelve
hundred which is the concrete that's the dead cat bounce
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