Since demand curves do indeed slope thus entry or exit changes prices: therefore firms are not price takers since their presence or not changes prices.

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Some also came in the form of shorts covering, which is an exit from positions in which they had been betting on lower prices.

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Prices and margins will eventually compress forcing players to exit.

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The move to exit some gross long positions as of Aug. 23 came as gold prices were swiftly moving to set the bar higher on record high prices.

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The impressive stock rally has caused some to chase prices, while others have remained bearish without a well-defined exit strategy.

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The investor presence not only made prices surge to the upside, but when investors got scared, their sudden exit caused unprecedented price collapses.

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As soon as inflation starts to rise, gold prices will start to move higher and the Fed will start to implement their exit strategy, he said.

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"This proposed change would address consumer concerns that it is unfair that providers are currently able to raise prices, while they themselves have little choice but to accept the increase or pay a penalty to exit the contract, " said Ofcom.

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The PE industry is laboring under the burdens of high asset prices, the reluctance of Indian business owners to sell controlling stakes in the companies and virtually no viable exit options to provide liquidity.

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