Ask A Foolish Question: What Is A 'Falling Knife'?

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Chris Nials

Published in Investing Strategy on 20 December 2012

Chris Nials explains what is meant by the term 'a falling knife'.

Continuing their series of videos aimed at novice investors, Chris Nials and Sam Robson explain the meaning of the phrase "to catch a falling knife" within investing, using SuperGroup (LSE: SGP) as a recent example...

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apprenticeDRL 20 Dec 2012 , 4:44pm

Can we have a transcript please

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