forced selling

"Forced selling has been a significant part of the market's drop in the last few days."

How, though, can asset prices rise in the face of forced selling?

"At some point forced selling will slow and eventually disappear," he said.

If there is any forced selling, it won't affect the market,' the exchange said.

Forced selling is a big fear in every market now.'

What we are seeing here is forced selling and redemptions.

It is not a wave of forced selling by homeowners who got in over their heads.

By now, two-thirds of such forced selling was completed and the rest would take place in the next few quarters, he said.

Even relatively modest forced selling could lead to another feedback loop.

The move was designed to avoid forced selling of shares in the run-up to the rights issue.

The concern for the market overall is that we're going to have some more forced selling again,' he said. '

However, these are still being hit by forced selling, and there is little appetite in the market to take on more risk. '

It seems like emotional or forced selling, rather than people taking a view of the core business.'

For stock value hunters, that forced selling is another reason to step away rather than risk getting dragged down by other investors' money troubles.

If credit moves wide, it's because of technicals these days driven by forced selling.

There may be uncertainty ahead and more technical forced selling, but Aviva is worth holding onto.

The fall was triggered by a falling oil price and a wave of margin calls, which prompted forced selling.

He said there were also concerns that rating downgrades could prompt forced selling.

The forced selling is done by these players,' Worah said. '

Further downgrades to junk by the other rating agencies could see forced selling of up to €60bn.

We would have thought there would be a bit more forced selling,' he said. '

Shah also said most forced selling by hedge funds was now over. '

There may be some forced selling," she said.

This, in turn, is triggering a cycle of margin calls and forced selling across many markets, analysts said.

We are seeing a lot of forced selling,' a London-based fund manager said. '