n.

1. The elimination of competing businesses or products in a particular field.
2. A decline in the values of certain securities that usually results in a depressed stock market.

A situation in which many investors exit their positions, often at a loss, because of uncertainty or recent bad news circulating around a particular security or industry.

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During the dotcom boom and bust, numerous shakeouts occurred. During these shakeouts many investors experienced tremendous losses.

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Change in market conditions that results in the elimination of marginally financed participants in an industry. For example, if the market for microcomputers suddenly becomes glutted because there is more supply than demand, a shakeout will result, meaning that companies will fall by the wayside. In the securities markets, a shakeout occurs when speculators are forced by market events to sell their positions, usually at a loss.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - konjunkturtilpasning, udmanøvrering

Français (French)
n. - (Fin, Écon) déconfiture des boursicoteurs, tassement du marché, (Comm, Ind) réorganisation, restructuration (souvent accompagnée de licenciements), (Pol) remaniement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Reorganisation mit Entlassungen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αναδιοργάνωση, αιφνίδια διακύμανση χρηματιστηριακών τιμών

Italiano (Italian)
riorganizzazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - liquidação (f)

Русский (Russian)
вытеснение спекулянтов с рынка, разорение мелких инвесторов, вытеснение мелких фирм

Español (Spanish)
n. - recesión moderada (en la bolsa de valores)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nedskärning, utslagning, utmanövrering, nedgång, prisfall

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
抖出, 摇出

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 抖出, 搖出

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (판매량의 감소 등으로) 제품이 자취를 감춤, (주식 시세 따위의) 폭락, 조직 개편

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 暴落, 沈静, 合理化, 改造, シェイクアウト, 型ばらし

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פיטור/חיסול עסקים לא מצליחים (לשם התייעלות), משבר בשוק ההון (בו מתחסלים המשקיעים הקטנים)‬

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