Cornering the market

Cornering The Market
Cornering the market occurs when an investor or group of investors purchases enough stock or a sufficient quantity of a commodity that they can unduly influence the stock or commodity's price. Cornering the market is illegal.

cornering the market
purchasing a security or commodity in such volume that control over its price is achieved. A cornered market in a security would be unhappy news for a short seller, who would have to pay an inflated price to cover.

More success in cornering the market has come by gaining a near-monopoly share in industries such as computers (like IBM) and software (like Microsoft).
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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.

Cornering The Market
The practice of purchasing a security or commodity in volume such that the purchaser has complete supply and demand control of a security.
See: Commodities; Security; Volume ...

Cornering the market
Used in the context of general equities. (illegal) Purchasing a security or commodity in such volume that control over its price is achieved ...

See: Bear Market; Black Monday; Cornering the Market; Depression; Volatility ...

The exchanges that take place in relationships sometimes also have a market quality about them. Note that a dream market might be drawing on the meaning of a common idiom, such as "being in the market" for something, "cornering the market, ...

cornering the market The illegal practice of attempting to purchase a sufficient amount of a commodity or security to manipulate its price. corporate Pertaining to corporations. Corporations are the most common form of business...

See also: Convertible Bond, Convertible bonds, CUSIP, Spot market, Cash equivalent