Overstay

Overstay
The act of holding an investment for too long. It often occurs when traders attempt to time the market by identifying the end of a price trend and the beginning of a new one, but, due to greed and fear, tend to overstay their positions. This usually results in reduced gains or, worse, further losses.

Knowing when to sell or get out of an investment is just as important as knowing when to get in. However, timing the market correctly is a task that even professional investors and traders find difficult to accomplish on a consistent basis, so attempting market timing is not recommended for the average investor.


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  • Overstay — O ver*stay , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstayed}or {Overstaid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overstaying}.] To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time; to overstay one s welcome. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overstay — ► VERB ▪ stay longer than the duration or limits of …   English terms dictionary

  • overstay — [ō΄vər stā′] vt. to stay beyond the time, duration, or limits of …   English World dictionary

  • overstay — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)ste͟ɪ[/t]] overstays, overstaying, overstayed VERB: no passive If you overstay your time, you stay somewhere for longer than you should. to overstay your welcome → see welcome [V n] Up to forty per …   English dictionary

  • overstay — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈsteɪ] / US [ˌoʊvərˈsteɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms overstay : present tense I/you/we/they overstay he/she/it overstays present participle overstaying past tense overstayed past participle overstayed to stay in a place longer than… …   English dictionary

  • overstay — /oh veuhr stay /, v.t. 1. to stay beyond the time, limit, or duration of; outstay: to overstay one s welcome. 2. Finance. to remain in (the market) beyond the point where a sale would have yielded the greatest profit. [1640 50; OVER + STAY1] * *… …   Universalium

  • overstay — verb To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time …   Wiktionary

  • overstay — verb Overstay is used with these nouns as the object: ↑visa, ↑welcome …   Collocations dictionary

  • overstay — o|ver|stay [ˌəuvəˈsteı US ˌouvər ] v [T] to stay somewhere longer than you are allowed to = ↑outstay ▪ They overstayed their visas and were arrested. →overstay your welcome at ↑welcome3 (3) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • overstay — verb (T) to stay somewhere longer than you intended or longer than you should see also: overstay your welcome welcome 3 (3) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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