Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
to catch a falling knife
Romanian translation:
a prinde un cuțit în cădere
Dec 2, 2008 19:54
15 yrs ago
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English term
to catch a falling knife
GBK
English to Romanian
Bus/Financial
Investment / Securities
Definition from
wiseGEEK:
To catch a falling knife is a phrase used in investing terminology to describe a risky investment strategy. If you buy a stock that is dramatically lowering in value, you do so in the hopes that it will rebound shortly after you purchase it. The danger in trying to catch a falling knife is that the stock will continue to drop, causing you to lose money on an increasingly worthless investment. The phrase is a metaphor based on the idea that if you literally try to catch a falling knife, you may cut your hand.
Example sentences:
Buy, sell or hold? I think it is too late to sell. The question in my mind is whether to “catch a falling knife” or wait until there is some confirmation of a bottom in technical or fundamental terms. (seekingalpha.com)
The phrase perfectly captures the dangers of buying into a declining market. To do so is like trying to catch a falling knife: the momentum is all down, and we all know what happens to those who grasp a razor-sharp blade in mid-air. (Charles Hugh Smith)
Bargain-hunters tempted by the banks' falling share prices should beware the Square Mile adage; it's dangerous to catch a falling knife. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Proposed translations
(Romanian)
| 5 +3 | a prinde un cuțit în cădere |
Renata Ana Ursu
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| 4 +1 | a cumpăra acţiuni în cădere liberă (a accepta provocarea. a ridica mănuşa - sens figurat) |
Nina Iordache
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| 5 | a cumpara actiuni pe scadere |
Black rose
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Dec 2, 2008 19:10: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Dec 2, 2008 19:54: changed "Stage" from "Preparation" to "Submission"
Dec 5, 2008 19:53: changed "Stage" from "Submission" to "Selection"
May 22, 2009 08:54: changed "Stage" from "Selection" to "Completion"
Proposed translations
+3
60 days
Renata Ana Ursu
Romania
Romania
Romania
Creative translation
Native in: Romanian
Works in: English to Romanian, Romanian to English, French to Romanian, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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a prinde un cuțit în cădere
traducerea mot-a-mot observ că este utilizată și în alte limbi:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_italian/investment_secu...
http://esl.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_spanish/investment_secu...
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_italian/investment_secu...
http://esl.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_spanish/investment_secu...
Definition from
own experience or research:
se pare că expresia este tradusă mot-a-mot și folosită în publicații, pe sectorul financiar, pentru a desemna această strategie speculativă de a face investiții
Example sentences:
Un indicator deloc de neglijat din cauza acurateţei dovedite în trecut este CCI, prezent în subgraficul #2. El se zbate din luna iulie în teritoriu negativ şi atâta timp cât situaţia va continua, orice intrare în SIF-uri implică riscul de a prinde cuţitul în cădere liberă. (capital.ro)
Strategia consacrata de a cumpara si tine (buy and hold) parea din nou o buna oportunitate deoarece pietele erau jos si ceea ce pareau preturi mici atrageau investitorii. Uitandu-ne in urma – tot ceea ce faceau era sa incerce sa prinda un cutit care cade. (wall-street.ro)
„Pieţele sunt nelichide. Pieţele creditului sunt nelichide; pieţele bursiere sunt nelichide. Este un cuţit în cădere pe care nimeni nu vrea să îl prindă. Practic nu există cumpărători. (curierulnational)
Note from asker:
| Another example: "...Afacerea Yahoo-AOL : incercand sa prinda un cutit in cadere" - http://www.iseom.com/afacerea-yahoo-aol-incercand-sa-prinda-un-cutit-in-cadere.html |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
4 hrs
Nina Iordache
Romania
Romania
Romania
Native in: Romanian (Variant: Romania) 
Works in: English to Romanian, French to English, French to Romanian, and 1 more.
a cumpăra acţiuni în cădere liberă (a accepta provocarea. a ridica mănuşa - sens figurat)
Definition from
Investopedia:
A slang phrase for a security or industry in which the current price or value has dropped significantly in a short period of time. A falling knife security can rebound, or it can lose all of its value, such as in the case of company bankruptcy where equity shares become worthless. <br /><br />A falling knife situation can occur because of actual business results (such as a big drop in net earnings) or because of increasingly negative investor sentiment.<br /><br />Investopedia Says... As the phrase suggests, buying into a market with a lot of downward momentum can be quite dangerous. If timed perfectly, a buy at the bottom of a long downtrend can be rewarding - both financially and emotionally - but the risks run extremely high. This term implies that the investment will never be a good one again. Examples of stocks that have plummeted are plentiful; a widely-held stock can drop precipitously as the equity ownership is reduced to nothing.
Example sentences:
One of the most common mistakes made by inexperienced investors is trying to “catch a falling knife”. This is the phrase used to describe the habit of buying stocks that are in “freefall”, and is a poor strategy, albeit common among new investors. Sadly, it is a common practice even among old and experienced investors. I’ve even fallen prey to it myself. (Ezine Articles)
How to Catch a Falling Knife Buying when a stock is plummeting takes guts, but it can be exceptionally profitable when it works out. Just look at the opportunities in the last year. Fairfax Financial (NYSE: FFH), Career Education (Nasdaq: CECO), and Champion Enterprises (NYSE: CHB) all hit multiyear lows last summer. With Fairfax, people were worried about the insurer's exposure to hurricanes. With Career Education, the entire for-profit education industry was in the dumps amid a stream of scandals and increased competition. With Champion, investors panicked over the state of the manufactured housing market. Since then, these stocks are up an average of 90%. The long-term returns can be even better. If you bought Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE: RCL) after its sharp post-9/11 drop (when the outlook for travel looked bleak), you'd have a more than 300% gain. Elan actually provided two opportunities in the last five years, dropping from $40 to $2 over a few months in 2002, then from $27 to $3 in early 2005. So, there's money to be made from catching falling knives. The challenge is doing it without losing a finger. (The Mothley Fool)
If you ask any public investor “When should you catch a falling knife?” their answer will invariably be “Never”. That’s because public investors have learned over time that stocks in a free fall often continue falling all the way to zero, so you are better off selling now and buying back later. Unfortunately, things are often not so clear cut in the world of Venture Capital. The very nature of start-ups is that they are bound to have fits and starts and make major changes in product strategy, target markets, or business models, all in an effort to find the right combination of factors that will ultimately lead to success. (Burnham's Beat)
Note from asker:
| Moltes gràcies, Assumpta, per la resposta i per l'interès! |
| Em teniu intrigadíssima amb aquesta paraula, perquè literalment, l'Assumpta té raó, però m'imagino que si suposa problemes a l'hora de traduir no deu ser tan clar, no? ;) |
| Hola, Aïda, es veu que es referia a "persona aficionada a cuinar", i tot i que no surt als diccionaris en català, es podria traduir així perquè crec que s'entén que en català vol dir el mateix. |
61 days
a cumpara actiuni pe scadere
"a cumpara actiuni pe scadere" mi se pare varianta cea mai apropiata de limbajul bursier din Romania
Definition from
own experience or research:
Acesta expresie descrie obiceiul investitorilor de a cumpara actiuni pe piata atunci cand pretul acestora este in scadere brusca (a cumpara actiuni pe scadere).
Example sentences:
Milionarul Silaghi cumpără acţiuni pe scădere (Ziua de Cluj)
Note from asker:
| von zwei Antriebsarten: https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjt39-p0qDnAhWwPOwKHUDvBWY4ChAWMAF6BAgHEAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fefahrer.chip.de%2Fe-wissen%2Fhybridantriebe-warum-zwei-motoren-sparsamer-sind-als-einer_1052&usg=AOvVaw18tB0ixSzTdmuoGOcQq-6t |
| des häufigen Wechsels zwischen zwei Antriebsarten |
| Jetzt würde mich doch noch interessieren, welche Antwort tatsächlich gewählt wurde. Umschalten wäre schließlich nur ein einmaliger Vorgang, während Hin- und Her-Schalten auch das Zurückschalten und x-malige Wiederholungen umfasst. Und das ist das was im Kontext zum Ausdruck kommen soll, nämlich die Wahl des der jeweiligen Situation am besten angepassten Antriebs; z.B. E-Antrieb im Stadtverkehr, und Benzin- oder Dieselantrieb bei längeren Überlandfahrten, wo keine oder zu wenig Lademöglichkeiten bestehen. |
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