sell short
Example Sentences
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Members were still free to sell short any Union securities they wished, though.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
The fund is known as a 130/30 fund, and the concept is that if you give me $100, I buy attractive names, then sell short $30 worth of stocks we think will underperform.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
To duplicate that return yourself, you would need to buy the highest-momentum stocks and simultaneously sell short an equal dollar amount of the biggest losers.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026
Right now, there are hardly any shares left to borrow and sell short.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2024
He was shocked how much easier and cheaper it was to buy a credit default swap than it was to sell short an actual cash bond—even though they represented exactly the same bet.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
