short selling
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Nearly 80% of the shares that can be borrowed for short selling are already being borrowed, said Hillerberg—meaning there aren’t many shares left for new short sellers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, on Monday appeared to equate all short selling with market manipulation, prompting traders to say that prosecutors misunderstood the activity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Another factor in the recent rise is short selling.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
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
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 Henry George Stebbins Noble
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