FALLEN ANGEL

fallen angel: translation

n.

A company whose once-sky-high stock price has come down to earth.

"My wife knows me as a perfidious stock picker. Over the years my technique has been to buy a fallen angel at 4, then ride it to 2, panic and bail."

— Rich Karlgaard, "Do As I Say," Forbes, December 20, 1999

In recent years Honeywell (43) has been one of the real fallen angels among the former high P/E "one-decision" stocks.

— L.O. Hooper, "The Public Takes Over," Forbes, February 1, 1976

bear tack

capitulation bottom

dead cat bounce

drill bit stock

falling knife

flash crash

melt-up

moon rocket

Nasdaq

religion stock

Rio hedge

single-digit midget

show-me stock

stag

statement shock

stuckholder

ticker shock

sucker rally

trail angel

Companies

Stock Market and Investing

fallen angel: translation

fallen angel ˌfallen ˈangel noun [countable] informal FINANCE

a bond that is not performing well now, but which performed well in the past:

fallen angel UK US noun [C] FINANCE

► a bond that was once a very good investment but is now not worth much

фин. "падший ангел"

а) (облигация, рейтинг которой при выпуске был очень высок, но впоследствии упал ниже инвестиционного уровня)

б) (компания, рейтинг ценных бумаг которой понизился)

Fallen Angel: translation

fallen angel: translation

backslider, bad egg, bad lot, black sheep, degenerate, lecher, lost sheep, lost soul, miscreant, pervert, pimp, profligate, recidivist, recreant, reprobate, scapegrace, sorry lot, trollop, whore