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Short term gain (or loss)A profit or loss realized from the sale of securities held for less than a year that is taxed at normal income tax rates if the net total is positive.Short term gain (or loss) Similar MatchesOdd lot short sale ratioOdd lot short sale ratioThe percentage of total odd-lot sales that is composed of short sales. Short sellingShort sellingThe 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). ShortShort1. Used with "sell" or "sale," this means that the seller does not currently have the thing being sold, but intends to aquire it on the market prior to making delivery. 2. Used by itself as a verb, it means to sell short, as "to short a currency," meaning to sell it forward in anticipation that its value on the spot market will fall. Short coveringShort coveringUsed in the context of general equities. Actual purchase of securities by a short seller to ../../finance-glossary/ those borrowed at the time of a short sale. Short bondShort bondA bond with a near maturity date, generally under two years. Further Suggestionsshort squeezeShort term capital gain Short book Short term solvency ratios Short straddle Short settlement Ultra short term bond fund Shortfall risk short term debt Short term interest rates Short against the box Short run operating activities short covering Short bonds Short term debt Short-term Short interest theory Short term bond fund go short shorts Specialists short sale ratio Short Bias Short sale rule Short selling Short short test |
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