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  • noun Plural form of whipsaw.

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Examples

  • Along the same lines, investor confidence in an active tactical asset allocation strategy can be undermined when "whipsaws" occur.

    Market Timing Is Good Sean Hanlon 2010

  • Along the same lines, investor confidence in an active tactical asset allocation strategy can be undermined when "whipsaws" occur.

    Market Timing Is Good 2010

  • Kulkarni told CNBC-TV18, "RNRL is one of those charts wherein it has given you lot of whipsaws which is ideally a condition wherein the stock gives you a breakout after particular pattern but fails to comply with the normal formation.

    Moneycontrol Top Headlines 2010

  • "You have to love the future prospects for the city because of historically how well it has done and its resilience to the whipsaws of the economy," said Jim Anhut, chief development officer.

    InterContinental Plans New York Hotel Expansion 2010

  • Tri-erratic whipsaws of whispered flight — philateletic balloons inflated by dreamy mutations.

    Silver Spring to Phoenix 2010

  • Callous as it sounds, I hope the government whipsaws GM around until the company is unable to produce so much as a roller-skate.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » ”When GM Took Federal Dollars, They Lost Some of Their Autonomy” 2009

  • I love the way the bill of fare whipsaws between the classy Gothic tropes of the Hammer horrors and such gnarly later fare as THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN (1971) and THE MUTATIONS (1973).

    Can you imagine... Arbogast 2009

  • And if you're somebody that just can't take the whipsaws of the stock market, can't stomach it going down, down, DOWN, then keep everything in money market funds, stable value funds, and bonds.

    Meltdown on a Personal Level Steve Hulett 2009

  • Of all the major American artists, Allen has experienced one of the cruelest and most violent whipsaws of fortune, of tumbling from audience adulation to mass approbation.

    The new Woody Allen movie: "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." Ann Althouse 2008

  • UNIDENTIFIED MALE: These whipsaws that we're getting, it's like being on a rollercoaster ride.

    CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2008 2008

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