Short selling


 

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Short selling

The strategy which involves selling shares you don't yet own in the expectation that the price will fall and you can buy them back at a lower price later (thus making a profit).

Short selling

Establishing a market position by selling a security one does not own in anticipation of the price of that security falling.



Short selling

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A strategy of selling stock shortly after a company announces good news and the stock price rises. Investors believe that the price is as high as it can go and is on the brink of going down.


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A sudden drop in security prices as sellers dump their holdings.


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The discount underwriters offer the selling group on securities in a new issue.


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Selling the spread

A spread whose option to be sold is trading at a higher premium than the option to be bought.


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Inducing a prospective customer to buy shares in order to profit from a dividend scheduled in the near future.


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