Shorting a stock
To have a 'short position' or to short a stock means to be in a position in which you borrow a stock from your broker, sell it on the market and then hope it goes down in price. You then buy it on the...
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"Short" has been used over the years to mean not attaining expectations, being less than the standard, etc. So when one sells a stock "short", one does not believe it to be a good investment. "Selling...
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Thanks for the reply Dave. Just to be clear then. "Long" means that I have "high" expectations for the stock? Long=high?
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Selling a stock (or some other property) short may or may not involve owning the stock (by borrowing it or otherwise). And taking a long position can also involve owning the stock or not (owning the...
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Jayman- long does indeed = high. In basketball parlance, "long " often replaces the word "tall" [or high]-esp. by announcers.
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Come to think of it, I don't know where these came from either (in financial context obviously): - Put - Call - Bull - Bear Anyone know?
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For the last two, see "bulls and bears" in Dave's big list (click on the image of the Battle of Hastings at the top of the page to go there).
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