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
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
Trivariate Research founder Adam Parker screened for stocks to sell short before the companies report their earnings.
From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025
Right now, there are hardly any shares left to borrow and sell short.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2024
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
