Gewinnmitnahme
German
Etymology
Gewinn (“profit”) + Mitnahme (“taking/carrying along”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡəˈvɪnˌmɪtnaːmə]
- Hyphenation: Ge‧winn‧mit‧nah‧me
Noun
Gewinnmitnahme f (genitive Gewinnmitnahme, plural Gewinnmitnahmen)
- (finance) profit taking (the act of selling a security that has risen in value to realize the gain in cash)
- Nach der starken Rallye am Aktienmarkt kam es heute zu verstärkten Gewinnmitnahmen.
- After the strong rally on the stock market, there was increased profit taking today.
- Eine rechtzeitige Gewinnmitnahme kann das Portfolio vor plötzlichen Kursrücksetzern schützen.
- Timely profit taking can protect the portfolio from sudden price pullbacks.
Declension
Declension of Gewinnmitnahme [feminine]
Synonyms
- Gewinnrealisierung (the formal accounting term for realizing a profit)
Antonyms
- Verlustrealisierung (the act of selling at a loss)
- Aussitzen (colloquial: holding onto an investment despite losses or volatility, waiting for a recovery)
Coordinate terms
- Kursrally (a period of sustained increases in the prices of stocks)
- Widerstandszone (a price level where selling is strong enough to prevent the price from rising further)
- Umschichtung (rebalancing; moving capital from one investment to another)
- Liquidität (the availability of liquid assets to a market or company)
Related terms
- Gewinnerwartung (expected profit)
References
- “Gewinnmitnahme” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Gewinnmitnahme” in Duden online