Peak-Out

피크아웃

A financial term describing the point at which an economy, stock price, or corporate earnings reach their cyclical peak and begin to decline. Derived from the English 'peak out,' the term functions not merely as a technical description but as a self-reinforcing market narrative: record earnings announcements paradoxically trigger sell-offs because markets interpret peak performance as a signal of impending downturn. It appears most frequently in cyclical boom industries such as the AI memory supercycle and electric vehicle markets, and serves as a key mechanism structuring the divergence between real-economy fundamentals and financial-market prices.