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bear raid

(Stock Exchange) an attempt to force down the price of a security or commodity by sustained selling

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bear raid

A form of market manipulation in which traders attempt to artificially drive down the price of a security by large scale short selling.

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Freeman outlines the means, which include currency and debt manipulation, bear raids, credit default swaps, short selling, double- and triple-short exchange traded funds, sovereign wealth funds, dark markets, dark pools and sponsored access, algorithmic trading, rogue traders, and arboon.

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Spain, now the target of bear raids on its bonds, was running a large surplus.

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