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How Does Shorting Stocks Work

Shorting stocks is a complex process that can be used to benefit from a stock price decline. The process of shorting a stock is the opposite of buying a stock. When you short a stock, you borrow shares of the stock from somebody else and sell the stock. You then hope that the stock price […]

What Does Shorting Mean Stocks

Shorting stocks simply means borrowing shares of the stock you hope to sell from somebody else, selling the stock, and hoping the price falls so you can buy it back at a lower price and give the shares back to the person you borrowed them from.  The potential risks and rewards of shorting stocks are […]