sell

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Robinhood customers who sell IPO shares within 30 days will be restricted from participating in future IPOs for a 60-day span.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Short sellers borrow stocks they don’t own and sell them, betting on price declines.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

SpaceX has sought to sell to institutional investors who will hold the stock, but Musk also set aside 30% of the offering for retail investors — an unusually high percentage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

At the store level, some workers said the company has pushed them to sell more popular retail items like squeezy children’s toys, along with drinks and take-home meals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The letters UBS had scarcely been mentioned inside Cornwall Capital until the bank had started begging them to sell them what was now very high-priced subprime insurance.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis