panic selling meaning

[Finance]
Wide-scale selling of an investment, causing a sharp decline in price. In most instances of panic selling, investors just want to get out of the investment, with little regard for the price at which they sell.

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1. the asian financial crisis caused panic selling of securities
2. analysts forecast panic selling could push the hang seng index below 15, 500 points
3. analysts forecast panic selling could push the hang seng index below 15 ， 500 points
4. when the tsunami hits they have their deals in to take advantage of the panic selling of the masses
5. but even when conditions were the toughest, the community still had confidence in the link and there was no panic selling of our currency