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change hands

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be transferred
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With traditional pension funds stepping back, fast-twitch traders have seized a record 7% of the Treasury market, where $1.2 trillion of securities change hands every day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Major franchises — the Lakers, Dodgers, Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees, to name a few — don’t change hands often.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Other states, such as California, have laws discouraging selling by only resetting values for local real estate taxes when properties change hands.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

A recent auction by specialist auction house Stanley Gibbons Baldwins saw over £1.5m in "Pokémon assets" change hands.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

There was no need on either side—long or short—for cash to change hands.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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