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2. Short (finance) - Wikipedia

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   For this reason, short selling probably is most often used as a hedge strategy to manage the risks of long investments. Many short sellers place a stop order with their stockbroker after selling a stock short—an order to the brokerage to cover the position if the price of the stock should rise to a certain level. This is to limit the loss and ...

3. Dividend stripping - Wikipedia

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   Dividend stripping is the practice of buying shares a short period before a dividend is declared, called cum-dividend, and then selling them when they go ex-dividend, when the previous owner is entitled to the dividend. On the day the company trades ex-dividend, theoretically the share price drops by the amount of the dividend.

4. Long/short equity - Wikipedia

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   A hedge fund might sell short one automobile industry stock, while buying another—for example, short $1 million of DaimlerChrysler, long $1 million of Ford.With this position, any event that causes all auto industry stocks to fall will cause a profit on the DaimlerChrysler position and a matching loss on the Ford position.

5. How to Short a Stock — and Why You Shouldn’t - AOL

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   Short selling is an investment technique that generates profits when shares of a stock go down, rather than up. If you're a fan of the movies, you might remember the 2015 film "The Big Short ...

6. Short Selling: How To Short Sell Stocks - AOL

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   Short selling is an investment technique that generates profits when shares of a stock go down rather than up. In most cases, shorting stocks is best left to the professionals.

7. Long position vs. short position: What’s the difference in ...

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   A short seller borrows stock from a broker and sells that into the market. Later the investor expects to repurchase the stock at a lower price, pocketing the difference between the sell and buy ...