(business, stock market, chiefly northern US and Canada) Stock market securities can be expected to increase in value to a greater degree in the cold winter months from November through April than in the warm months from May through October, and profit-minded investors should manage their portfolios accordingly.

Alternative form of don't count your chickens before they're hatched

plural of sellsword

(usually fantasy) A mercenary. / (by extension figuratively, often derogatory) Someone who only works for money, in the manner of a mercenary.