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Cornering the market |
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Cornering the market Purchasing a security or commodity in such volume as to achieve control over its price. An illegal practice. Cornering the market. If someone tries to buy up as much of a particular investment as possible in order to control its price, that investor is trying to corner the market. Not only is it difficult to make this strategy work in a complex economic environment, but the practice is illegal in US markets. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Competition isn't as fierce between steel and plastic in food packaging, with steel cornering the market on fruits, vegetables and meat, while plastic is relegated primarily to condiments. By process of elimination, the Dodgers have stuck Jose Valentin, Norihiro Nakamura, Olmedo Saenz, Mike Edwards, Antonio Perez and Oscar Robles at third base this season, once removed from Adrian Beltre cornering the market on the hot corner. In fact, Vaisman and Koury (Klamen had sold his stake before the storm broke) came as close to cornering the market in Neo-Geo as Fun Gallery had done with graffiti. |
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