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Short1. 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.ShortOne who has sold a contract to establish a market position and who has not yet closed out this position through an offsetting purchase; the opposite of a long position. Related: Long.Short Similar MatchesShort squeezeShort squeezeWhen a lack of supply tends to force prices upward. In particular, when prices of a stock or commodity futures contracts start to move up sharply and many traders with short positions are forced to buy stocks or commodities in order to cover their positions and prevent (limit) losses. This sudden surge of buying leads to even higher prices, further aggravating the losses of short sellers who have not covered their positions. Short exemptShort exemptUsed for listed equity securities. A special trading situation where a short sale is allowed on a minustick. The owners of a convertible trading at parity can sell the equivalent amount of common short on a minus tick, assuming they have the firm intention to convert. Short termShort termThe expressions 'short term', 'medium term' and 'long term' mean different things in different contexts and, indeed, they mean different things to different people. In general, the stock market uses the terms as follows:short term - anything from 1 week to 2 yearsmedium term - anything from 2 years to 5 yearslong term - anything from 5 years to 30 years! Short term reservesShort term reservesInvestments in interest-bearing bank deposits, money market instruments, U.S. Treasury bills, and short-term bonds. Short squeezeShort squeezeSituation in which those who are short cannot repurchase their contracts, except at a price substantially higher than the value of those contracts in relation to the rest of the market. Further SuggestionsSpecialists short sale ratioshort bond Selling short against the box shorts Short-term capital flow Short book short term debt Odd lot short sale ratio Short tender short selling go short Member short sale ratio short covering Ultra short term bond fund Short interest theory Short run operating activities Short term interest rates Shortfall risk Short short test Short sale rule Short position Short covering Short run Short Bias Member short sale ratio |
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