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

In February, Amazon’s forward valuation as a multiple of Ebitda — or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization — reached a trough of 10.36.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

In turn, he stopped short of calling a price trough, as “gold is continuing to see competition from buy and sell pressures.”

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 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

In at least two instances, we are told of a village or castle that kept one of the great worms at bay by offering it a trough of milk every day.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville