Wall Street's
Current Lexicon

To know where the market is and where it's headed, you just have to note how frequently certain words appear in stories about Wall Street. Here's some of today's most popular Wall Street words...
Chump, slump, dump.
Crashed, bashed, trashed
Bumble, stumble, tumble.

Rue, stew, sue.
Shrank, sank, tank.
Wail, bail, jail.

Sapped, tapped, trapped.
Debt, fret, sweat.
Snare, fear, despair.

Deceit, retreat, deplete.
Stalls, falls, appalls.
Laid off, paid off, Madoff.

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