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unwind

[uhn-wahynd] / ʌnˈwaɪnd /




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Pimco’s Dan Ivascyn this week told the Financial Times that the 10-year Treasury yield could hit 6% if highly leveraged investors have to suddenly unwind losing bets after weeks of heavy selling.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Trying to unwind the carbonized rolls frequently reduced them to piles of ash, eventually prompting Italian authorities to stop the practice.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

They added that fears around a Japanese-driven carry trade unwind are overblown.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

To unwind the deal with Meta, Manus’s founders and early backers-including Tencent, HSG and ZhenFund-bought back shares from Meta at a valuation of around $2 billion, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Before I could unwind myself from the gate post, Daisy turned loose of my arm, stepped back, and said, “Phew! What’s that I smell?”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Once the company is floated, the SPV mechanically unwinds its position in the market.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

There were no failed auctions, no dealer balance-sheet seizure, no forced unwinds, nothing resembling Treasurys in March 2020 or U.K. gilts in September 2022, the sort of genuine dysfunctional episodes that justify official action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

When the trade unwinds, it will entail the opposite of what’s been happening — the selling of individual-stock volatility and the buying of index volatility, and a likely sharp rise in correlations.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

While some F1 stars like Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc choose to race online in their spare time, Häkkinen unwinds by riding horses.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

I smile, and the knot in my chest unwinds a little.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

An unexpected jump in the yen in 2024 fueled a global market rout as investors unwound carry trades—forcing them to sell their investments and buy back the yen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Before the conflict, markets were pricing in interest-rate cuts, which have since unwound, but they said the Fed could turn more dovish on signs of inflation clearly moving lower in the months ahead.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

The boom results were posted despite South Korean stocks suffering a sharp sell-off on Wednesday as nervous traders unwound AI-driven bets, fretting whether lofty profit forecasts are realistic.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

South Korean stocks suffered one of their steepest plunges on Wednesday, with the blood-letting that has battered chip firms over the past month deepening as nervous investors unwound their bets on the AI boom.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Oppenheimer unwound by jumping on his horse, Chico, and taking long rides in the hills.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

Manus in September said it had resumed independent operations after unwinding the Meta acquisition.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

With fewer options free of AI risks, investors have had to turn to other corners of the stock market to provide some buffer against an AI-related unwinding, and negative beta has increasingly become an option.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Treasury yields lower, while those of French, Italian and Greek bonds jumped in a sudden divergence helped by the unwinding of popular hedge-fund trades centered on Europe, according to fixed-income analyst and traders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The unwinding of popular hedge-fund trades helped drive U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Kat kept winding a strand of hair around her little finger and then unwinding it.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd


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