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Selling Short

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Definition: Short selling is where you sell a stock you do not own in anticipation that the price is going to fall. Your broker will “borrow” the stock from another client. You sell the stock and put the money in your account. If you are correct, you buy back the stock at the lower price and pocket the profit. The original owner then gets the stock back. This all perfectly legal.
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