• Many were actually shorting the market, betting prices would fall.
• For those with the nerves for it, shorting can be a grand way to make money.
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Financial and business terms. 2012.
shorting — short selling UK [ˌʃɔː(r)tˈselɪŋ] / US [ˌʃɔrtˈselɪŋ] or shorting UK / US noun [uncountable] economics the practice of selling borrowed securities and then buying them again at a lower price Derived word: short sell verb intransitive/transitive … English dictionary
shorting region — trumpojo jungimo sritis statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. shorting region vok. Kurzschlußbereich, m rus. закорачивающая область, f pranc. région de court circuit, f … Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas
shorting time — trumpojo jungimo trukmė statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. shorting time vok. Kurzschlußzeit, f rus. время короткого замыкания, n pranc. temps de court circuit, m … Fizikos terminų žodynas
shorting — ʃɔrt /ʃɔËt n. short circuit, malfunction of a circuit caused by an unintentional low resistance connection (Electricity); main point; motion picture of less than 30 minutes (Slang); shot, small drink of liquor (British) adj. not long,… … English contemporary dictionary
shorting — /ˈʃɔtɪŋ/ (say shawting) noun → short selling …
shorting — present part of short … Useful english dictionary
Naked Shorting — The illegal practice of short selling shares that have not been affirmatively determined to exist. Ordinarily, traders must borrow a stock, or determine that it can be borrowed, before they sell it short. But due to various loopholes in the rules … Investment dictionary
Wilfred Shorting — Infobox Old Cricketer nationality = English country = England country abbrev = Eng picture = Cricket no pic.png name = Wilfred Shorting batting style = Right handed batsman bowling style = N/A FCs = 9 FC runs = 165 FC bat avg = 10.31 FC 100s/50s … Wikipedia
naked shorting — /neɪkəd ˈʃɔtɪŋ/ (say naykuhd shawting) noun → naked short selling …
Naked short selling — Schematic representation of naked short selling in two steps. The short seller sells shares without owning them. He then purchases and delivers the shares for a different market price. If the short seller cannot afford the shares in the second… … Wikipedia
