short selling
Britishnoun
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The firm focuses on high-growth internet, software and financial-tech stocks, and doesn’t do any short selling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Software stocks, represented by an ETF, fell 32% from September highs, partly due to short selling amid AI displacement fears.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
Despite what appears to be a cooling of enthusiasm for companies focused on developing generative artificial intelligence technology, traders might want to think twice before short selling AI-related stocks.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026
He said Regencell’s chief executive, Yat-Gai Au, “firmly believes that the company’s shares have consistently been a target of short selling from our IPO to present.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
It were well if ill-informed people who deprecate short selling would note this fact.
From The New York Stock Exchange in the Crisis of 1914 by Noble, Henry George Stebbins
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