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drawdown

drawdown

2 6.9
A fall in the value or amount of an investment
  • noun
  • /ˈdrɔːˌdaʊn/
  • Specialized
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  • Before you can make any profits in the currency trade, it will be useful if you can fully understand the drawdown and volatility of the trade.

But I think, I think what we can say is that the larger the market cap of the company, the less of a drawdown we've experienced.

Examples

  • The number of ships in service has declined with the drawdown.

    Academic text (1996)
  • And then finally, when we look over here, maximum drawdown, which is the high to low return of a given portfolio.

  • Robert, you had a pretty big working capital drawdown this quarter.

    Blog text (11)
  • As I noted before, these will always be approximately equal, except for net storage or drawdown on reserves.

    Blog text (16)
  • It's better to buy at $630 and accept a small potential drawdown than to miss the entire move.

    Blog text (27)
  • Of course, they will get it correct eventually, but there are terrible drawdowns from heavily leveraged exposure.

    Blog text (6)
  • A 1 mbpd drawdown would exhaust the buffer in 200 to 500 days.

    Blog text (16)
  • The average drawdown for all recessionary periods was 30.76% with an average recovery period of 43 months.

    Blog text (5)
  • At the same time, the funds actively try to minimize what they call drawdown: the maximum amount that a fund is likely to fall from peak to trough.

    Blog text (17)
  • The financial analyst noted a significant drawdown in the investment fund due to market volatility.

Synonyms

reduction
vsdrawdown
451 3.2

A decrease in size, amount, degree, or price

applies especially to decreases in investments or resources
drop
vsdrawdown
230 2.5

A sudden large decrease in amount or value

can describe losses in resources but not only sudden ones
decrease
vsdrawdown
84 2.2

A drop in amount or number

is used mainly for value or resource declines especially in investments
cutback
vsdrawdown
52 3.7

A smaller amount of money or resources that an organization uses to lower costs

is used especially for declines in value or resource levels
depletion
vsdrawdown
40 5.3

A decrease in how much of something is left, often until it is used up

covers general decreases without implying near exhaustion
drop-off
vsdrawdown
10 3.9

A sudden decrease in amount, quality or rate

covers declines in resources broadly, not only abrupt changes
shrinkage
vsdrawdown
5 5.1

A decrease in size, amount, or value

is used more for decreases in resources or financial value
falloff
vsdrawdown
3 4.0

A drop in amount, level, or quality

is used more for loss in value or resource quantity
cutdown
vsdrawdown
2 4.0

A drop in the number or amount of something

focuses on decreases in investment or resource quantities
retrenchment
vsdrawdown
  • Formal
2 8.1

A cut in spending by a business or government to save money

is broader, covering value declines beyond budget cuts
dwindling
vsdrawdown
1 5.2

A slow decrease in size, number, or strength

is not limited to gradual declines and includes sudden drops
stepdown
vsdrawdown
1 4.2

A drop to a lower level in power, care, or service

is broader, applying to investment and resource value decreases

Antonyms

524 1.0

The extra amount added to something to make it larger

How Much

collapse
350 4.1
drawdown
  • Specialized
2 6.9
reduction
451 3.2
decline
439 3.9
dip
50 3.3

Surface Forms

drawdown singular
drawdowns plural

Morphology

drawdown = draw (semi-transparent) = down + draw

Formed from 'draw' + 'down' indicating a reduction, but used as a technical finance term for a decline in value, which may be less obvious to B1 learners. [Postprocessing: moved 'down' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Drawdown is made from draw ('take away') and down ('lower'). Picture money or value being pulled out so the amount goes down. So, a drawdown means a drop in value or amount, like a loss in an investment.