sell short
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Momentum strategies invest stocks with the best trailing-year returns and sell short those with the worst.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Members were still free to sell short any Union securities they wished, though.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
That could help lift the stock, which may now be being held back as arbitrageurs buy Lennar and sell short Millrose to capture a favorable spread of about 6% on the deal.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
It would not be advisable to sell short either Leonard Leo or this Teneo Network, whatever the hell it is.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2023
The various floors, or tranches, of subprime mortgage bonds all had one thing in common: The bonds were impossible to sell short.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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