In finance, cornering the market consists of obtaining sufficient control of a particular stock, commodity, or other asset in an attempt to manipulate the market price.  #finstr
https://image.nostr.build/a3f20c816844c00c1dab39f329a8cb864459b8698233c21ef0fe0da61ac075cc.png en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornering_the_market most infamous was 1980 case of "hunt brothers" from texas.