Going short

going short
selling a stock or commodity that the seller does not have. An investor who goes short borrows stock from his or her broker, hoping to purchase other shares of it at a lower price.

going short
Definition 1.
Taking a short position. opposite of going long.

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Going Short
Selling a security that is not owned and hence, a short position is created. An investor who goes short borrows the security from their broker and hopes to buy other shares of the security at a lower price.

Going Short:
Selling off your shares is known as 'going short'. Generally an investor would do so if he expects the prices to decline. In a rolling settlement cycle you will have to cover by end of the day on which you have gone short.

Going short
Selling futures involves a commitment to sell the underlying asset at a future date at a specified price. This is called going short.
Gross
The total amount before deductions (e.g. before tax deductions).

Going short
Selling stock that an investor does not own by borrowing shares from a broker. The assumption is that the price will fall.

"going short"
This term applies to any type of derivative investment and essentially means selling to profit from an expected price decrease.

You're also going short when you write an options contract, giving the buyer the right to exercise the contract. With stocks, you go short when you borrow shares of stock through your broker and sell them at their current market price.

Antithesis of going short. Going out Used in the context of general equities. Soliciting/advertising over the SS1, NASDSAQ, or Autex.

going short Taking a short position. Opposite of going long. going-concern value The value of a firm as an operating venture. The difference between the liquidation...

Our Securities Lending desk maintains a deep and reliable pool of securities to allow our clients to implement their short strategies to the fullest extent while maximizing the stability of their ongoing short positions.

Shorting
Shorting a stock or going short is the selling of something not yet owned. People with often go short if they think the price of the underlying instrument is likely to decrease.
Stamp duty
A government tax levied on share dealing.

Market timing is a tactic of getting in or out of a particular market-or even going short that market-to take advantage of anticipated rises or declines in that market.

This formula can be derived in similar manner to above, but with the modification that one portfolio consists of going long a call, going short a put, and D(T) bonds that each pay 1 dollar at maturity T (the bonds will be worth D(t) at time t); ...

When you go long, you buy an investment that you intend to hold for a period of time or one that you expect to increase in value so that you can sell it at a profit. Going long is the opposite of going short, or selling short, ...

When a private company first offers shares to the public market and investors. See: IPO.
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It usually involves going long in the target company's shares, which may gain in value during the merger, and going short in the bidding company's shares, which may fall because of the risk and expense of acquiring another company.

See also: Going long, Saving, Long position, Banks, Mergers