The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 6 letter word BEAR MARKET
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result BEAR MARKET
- Risk keeping reserve prices low in this
- Speculation over reserve when stock prices fall
- Speculate about reserve, where prices fall
- Identify gamble covering weak investment climate
- Wager about reserve in stock exchange, with prices falling?
- Support former German currency and French where securities fall
- Risk holding onto reserve when stock prices are falling
- Gain endless money as of old in speculation in this financial situation?
- Are Paddington bargains to be bought here?
- Wager about identifying sign in a time of falling stocks
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The straight part
We know that "when stock prices fall" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case when stock prices fall = bear market.The cryptic/wordplay part
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