sell short

Example Sentences

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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

So Wolfe Research’s chief investment strategist Chris Senyek screened for stocks to sell short, or bet against.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 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

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

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