Pulling in Their Horns

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Pulling in their horns

Investors selling off positions after a stock or bond market has increased sharply or setting up hedging positions to guard against a negative turn of the market.

Informal; the practice in which investors close positions or set up offsetting, hedge positions when a security has recently seen a sudden increase in price. When investors pull in their horns, they lock in the gain they made from their positions. This happens in order to protect the investor from sharp turnarounds in price.

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No references found			Someone is going to have to build homes and at this rate, the big boys are pulling in their horns. Firm's collapse 'won't stop tallest building' by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) The danger is that people start pulling in their horns, and say, "The MPC can't do it, they're too worried about inflation", then behaviour changes. Can we keep stagflation at bay this time? by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk The case for independent audits is strengthened dramatically by the tendencies of today's market, including recent evidence that reinsurers may be pulling in their horns and that ceding companies may be faced with having to retain more and reinsure less. Outside opinion: with greater accountability being demanded in the ... by Margules, Howard / Best's Review			Publication 962 Publication 963 Publication 966 Publication 967 Publication 969 Publication 970 Publication 971 Publication 972 Publicidade Publicly Held Publicly Traded Asset Publicly Traded Assets Publicly Traded Company publicly traded fund Publicly-Traded Company Publico alvo PUD Puesto Puesto del especialista puffing Puke Pul Pula Pull Pullback Pulling in Their Horns Pump and Dump Pump Priming Pumping punch list Punitive Tax Punt Punta compradora Punter Punto Punto basico Punto de equilibrio Punto de inflexion Punto de referencia Punto di equilibrio Punto di riferimento Pup Company pur autre vie Purchase Purchase Accounting Purchase Acquisition purchase agreement Purchase and Resale Agreement Purchase and Sale purchase and sales department purchase contract			pulling chain pulling chain pulling chain pulling chain pulling chain pulling chestnuts out of the fire pulling chestnuts out of the fire pulling chestnuts out of the fire pulling down pulling down pulling down pulling down pulling down pulling faces pulling faces pulling faces pulling faces pulling figure pulling finger out pulling finger out pulling finger out pulling glass pulling head pulling head pulling head pulling head pulling head pulling in horns pulling in horns pulling in horns Pulling in Their Horns Pulling It Together pulling leg pulling leg pulling leg pulling leg pulling leg Pulling My Hair Out Pulling Numbers Out of Your Ass pulling off pulling off pulling off pulling off pulling off pulling on pulling on pulling on pulling on pulling on pulling out pulling out pulling out pulling out pulling out pulling out all the stops pulling out all the stops pulling out all the stops pulling out all the stops pulling out all the stops pulling over pulling over

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