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Short selling: Not a practice for the faint of heart

December 3, 2009 Marketplace

Written by: Justin Daniel Lawlor Typically, investors profit when a stock appreciates in price. But this is one of the biggest fears of the short seller. Selling shares of stock short is a fairly simple concept: investors attempt to profit as the price of a stock declines. It is the exact opposite of “going long,” [...]

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