History
The term "dead cat bounce" is derived from the idea that "even a dead cat will bounce if it falls from a great height." The phrase has been used on Wall Street for many years. The earliest use of the phrase dates from 1985 when the Singaporean and Malaysian stock markets bounced back after a hard fall during the recession of that year. Journalists Horace Brag and Wong Sulong of the Financial Times were reported as saying the market rise was a "dead cat bounce". A similar expression in Cantonese has an older history and this may be the origin of the term.
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