window-dress
v.— «Tuesday’s markets should also be influenced by the end of the third quarter. Fund managers usually try to “window dress”—Wall Street lingo for closing out positions—before they have to report their quarterly gains or losses to shareholders.» —“Turnaround Tuesday? Markets Bounce After Plunge” by Matt Egan Entrepreneur.com Sept. 30, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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