trough

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The level of pessimism has reached a point where tech’s trailing PEG is implying “future earnings will be much weaker and is as low as the trough after the tech bubble burst in 2003-05.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

The S&P 500 soared nearly 35% from last year’s Liberation Day trough, powered by tailwinds from tech, Fed rate cuts, and a resilient domestic economy.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

The analyst writes that conditions at its asset-management and commodities/global markets units are near or at a trough, while returns from banking and financial services are already strengthening.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Production declined 1.1% overall in 2025, with economists expecting that to be the bottom of an industrial trough for Europe’s largest economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

The tunnel enabled him to get from the barn to his hiding place under the pig trough without coming out into the open.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White