What Is a Spiffy-Drop?

By Kristi Waterworth – Updated Dec 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM

Key Points

A "spiffy-drop" describes a major stock value drop, equal to or more than initial purchase price.
A "spiffy-pop" is when a stock's price jumps higher in a day than its initial buying price.
Spiffy-drops often follow spiffy-pops, suggesting historical profit before the drop.

Whether you've been a fan of The Motley Fool for years or are just getting to know us, the first thing most people realize is that we have a bit of a language all our own. Spiffy-drop is just one word in our very own investing language, spoken by Fools young and old. Read on to learn more about this investing concept.

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An upset investor sits in front of a large screen showing plunging stock prices. — Image source: Getty Images.

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Spiffy Pop

A term coined by The Motley Fool’s Rule Breakers community back in 2007. It refers to a stock that has increased in price more in a single day than it cost the investor initially.

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About the Author

Kristi Waterworth has been a contributing real estate and financial expert at The Motley Fool, covering real estate, investing, and personal finance topics, since 2020. Kristi has been interviewed by various TV media outlets and podcasts for her real estate investing expertise – from residential real estate to digital real estate and everything in between. Kristi’s journalist career spans over 25 years, and she has written about real estate investing, homeownership, and home construction specifically for the last decade. She was also previously a licensed Realtor and general building contractor before the Great Recession and housing market collapse. She holds a bachelor’s degree in American history from Columbia College in Missouri.

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