Short (finance)
Also known as: short selling · shorting · going short · short position · short sale · selling short · bear · short-selling
In finance, being short in an asset means investing in such a way that the investor will profit if the market value of the asset falls.
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a speculative strategy betting on asset price decline
Short selling is a specific speculative technique used to profit from an expected decrease in an asset's price, contrasting with traditional long-only speculation.
mechanism that can deflate a bubble
Short sellers bet against overvalued stocks, providing a market mechanism that can potentially expose and deflate a bubble before it grows too large.