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frames- They point out that [ARG0 these institutions] want *-1 to [rel lock] in [ARG1 returns on high-yield U.S. Treasury debt] and suggest 0 demand for the U.S. unit will continue *-2 unabated until rates in the U.S. recede .
- When it occurs *T*-1 , the traders place orders *ICH*-2 via computers * to buy the basket of stocks -LRB- such as the 500 stocks that *T*-3 constitute the Standard & Poor 's 500 stock index -RRB- in whichever market *T*-4 is cheaper and sell them in the more expensive market ; [ARG0 they] [rel lock] in [ARG1 the difference in price] as [ARG2-as profit] .
- The idea is [ARG0 *] to [rel lock] in [ARG1 profits from short-term swings in volatile markets] .
- `` I expect *-1 to see some selling , but will [ARG0 they] kill this one as they have *?* every rally in the recent past '' by *-2 selling and [rel locking] in [ARG1 prices for their production] ?
- And [ARG0 some oil companies] are trying *-1 to [rel lock] in [ARG1 future supplies] .
- The most controversial of these is stock-index arbitrage , in which [ARG0 traders] buy or sell baskets of stocks and offset the position with an opposite trade in stock-index futures 0 *T*-2 to [rel lock] in [ARG1 profits] *T*-1 .
- Most other supercomputer manufacturers have yet *-2 to adopt the Posix standard , Mr. Paluck said 0 *T*-5 , *-3 adding that they prefer *-4 to maintain [ARG0 proprietary systems] that *T*-1 [rel lock] in [ARG1 customers] .
- That would be all right with [ARG0 Amex] , which *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-TMP then] [rel lock] in [ARG1 its investment profit] , but it does n't add up to a `` smart money '' move for me .
- Stock-index arbitrage buy programs -- in which [ARG0 traders] buy stock against offsetting positions in futures *-1 to [rel lock] in [ARG1 price differences] *T*-2 -- helped the rally 's momentum .
- IBM , which *T*-1 telegraphed the poor results three weeks ago , also cited an increase in [ARG0 its leasing business] , which *T*-2 tends *-3 to [rel lock] in [ARG1 business] [ARGM-TMP long-term] but cut revenue in the near term .
- -LRB- In a stock-index arbitrage sell program , [ARG0 traders] buy or sell big baskets of stocks and offset the trade in futures *-1 to [rel lock] in [ARG1 a price difference] . -RRB-
- At those levels , stocks are set up *-3 to be hammered *-1 by [ARG0 index arbitragers] , who *T*-2 [rel lock] in [ARG1 profits] [ARGM-MNR by *-4 buying futures when futures prices fall *T*-5] , and simultaneously sell off stocks .
- Some early selling is likely *-2 to stem from [ARG0 investors and portfolio managers] who *T*-1 want *-3 to [rel lock] in [ARG1 this year 's fat profits] .
- [ARG0 Institutional investors] , which *T*-1 had been selling stock throughout last week *-2 to [rel lock] in [ARG1 handsome gains made * through the third quarter] , were calmer .
- [ARG0 Those looking for real-estate bargains in distressed metropolitan areas] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel lock] in [ARG1 leases] or buy [ARGM-TMP now] ; those looking in healthy metropolitan areas should take a short-term -LRB- three-year -RRB- lease and wait for the bargains ahead .