sell short
Example Sentences
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These “loser” stocks are ones that are difficult to borrow in the share-lending market and therefore hard to sell short.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Trivariate Research founder Adam Parker screened for stocks to sell short before the companies report their earnings.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025
We underestimate how pleasant the exchange will be—for us and for our counterpart—and sell short our conversational chops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
Right now, there are hardly any shares left to borrow and sell short.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2024
Paulson had never encountered a market in which an investor could sell short 25 billion dollars’ worth of a stock or bond without causing its price to move, even crash.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
