To most practitioners it would appear that the accelerated undershoot of the euro that was taking place prior to intervention was precisely fuelled by position-taking on the assumption that the monetary authorities had no stomach for co-ordinated intervention (too close to America's election).
In the legacy report, funds cut more gross shorts than gross longs, lowering their net-short position to 12, 992 contracts, taking their net-short position to the lowest since mid-March.
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In the legacy report, funds cut 670 gross longs and cut 5, 548 gross shorts, lowering their net-short position to 18, 464 contracts, taking their net-short position to the lowest since mid-March.
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The stock surged 25% from December 2010 to February, when Tilson announced he was closing the short-position and taking the losses.
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As soon as one party lays down a position, the other party is taking that counter-position.
These are the factors that will push CIOs to a more risk-taking position.
Now, with respect to Iran, I've made very clear that we are not taking the same position -- and I'm curious that you would suggest that we're taking the same approach when I'm spending an awful lot of time back home answering people who are concerned that what we're doing is too radical.
Some profit-taking from recent gains and position evening slightly offset fresh safe-haven demand.
Profit-taking pressure, position evening and lower crude oil prices are putting some initial downside price pressure on the precious metals early Friday.
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This was likely to have prompted profit-taking by speculators who had built up their largest net-long position in months, the bank said.
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Look, he filed his papers last week to start an exploratory committee to run for president, and he is - this is the position he's taking.
Dunaway joined Nintendo of America in November 2007, taking the position vacated by Fils-Aime after he was promoted to his current position as president and COO.
Experienced investors know that looking at each position is a better strategy than taking an all-in or all-out approach.
Brew then went close with a kick and chase, setting the position for a close-range driving maul, Charvis taking control to cross for the opening try.
Sunday's play had started with Andrew Strauss's side in a strong position after taking five cheap wickets on the rain-truncated third day to leave Bangladesh on 237-7, well adrift of England's opening 505.
Miller also defrauded another broker-dealer into taking on a significant short position in Apple stock to hedge against the large purchase of Apple stock he was executing at Rochdale, authorities said.
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge was sworn in Monday as director of the Office of Homeland Security, taking over a new Cabinet-level position charged with coordinating U.S. efforts to defend against and respond to terrorism.
Through related transactions, BP will build up a 19.75% position in Rosneft, which will be taking over TNK-BP, a deal the British oil company expects to be finalized during the first six months of 2013.
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Shares of PRB Energy have gained 40% in value since Jan. 15, and the gurus found this quick gain quite acceptable, taking profits on their entire position in the Denver-based natural gas production and pipeline company.
This time the guerrillas are seeking to reinforce their position in the peace negotiations by taking control of as many local-government posts as possible.
This may be an extreme position, but there is ample evidence that the bottom-line mentality is taking over.
The carrier you piloted had to move around an archipelago of islands, taking them over to bolster its strategic position, while a computer-controlled enemy carrier did the same.
She said people in Mr Lamhoud's position were taking great risks, and that the "pink card" - giving the right to remain pending the processing of a claim - offered no long-term security.
Barcelona are in pole position to make their way through to the semi-finals, but they will curse taking their foot off the gas and offering Arsenal some hope when they travel to the Nou Camp for the second leg.
May, taking over the place-kicking duties as well as Wilkinson's position, inched Toulon back ahead but Blair replied for Blues to leave things deadlocked entering the final quarter.
And they're taking that exclusionary position and using it against gay people now, and African-Americans are following suit and in fact doing the same thing to the gay people that's been done to them historically.
But the problem for Gore was that the whole Lewinsky debacle put him in an incredibly difficult position - forcing the vice president to distance himself from the Clinton years and thereby preventing him taking credit for the then booming economy and all the positive achievements.
He said the justice secretary was clearly taking "a very right wing position" which pandered to "an obvious anti-Europeanism".
You can get the currency exposure either by purchasing short-term paper issued by the flaky government in question or by taking a long position in the futures market for that currency.
It is not clear, for example, how such a large position was allowed to build up over the three-month period that the activity was said to be taking place.
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