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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.

Corner a Market

1. To own a significant enough amount of a stock to be able to manipulate its price. More specifically, an investor corners a market when he/she owns so many shares in a company that he/she can trigger a sell off if he/she dumps the stock. For this reason, persons and institutions owning or buying more than a certain percentage of shares in a company must register with the SEC and are subject to certain restrictions.

2. To have the greatest market share in a particular industry without having a monopoly. Companies that have cornered their markets usually have greater leeway in their decisions; for example, they may charge higher prices for their products without fear of losing too much business. Large companies, such as Wal-Mart or Microsoft, are considered to have cornered their markets. See also: Gorilla.

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.

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They are also concerned that countries such as Germany and Denmark are cornering the market in technologies including wind power because their own governments are giving more incentives to the sector to grow.

Firms in plea to No 10 by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

They are also concerned that countries such as Germany and Denmark are cornering the market in technologies because their own governments are giving more incentives to the sector to grow.

Targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions demanded by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

com brought down one of the net's brightest shooting stars, a US-backed sports portal with many millions of dollars in venture capital aimed at cornering the market.

Net Prophet: sports.com finally breathes its last by The Racing Post (London, England)

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