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short selling

noun

  1. finance the practice of selling commodities, securities, currencies, etc that one does not have in the expectation that falling prices will enable one to buy them in at a profit before they have to be delivered


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And this is true even of some of the less exotic financial instruments, like insturance policies and short selling.

Short selling has a legitimate place in the scheme of things economic.

Short selling does become a wrong when and to the extent that the methods and intent of the short seller are wrong.

Short selling in general business is very common, and we think nothing of it.

By short selling, we mean selling a stock that you do not possess, with the intention of buying it later.

Short selling is something that we do not recommend very much to our clients.

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