What is short selling

Author: Tom Tully
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: Short selling is one of the most universal, potentially profitable, and easily misunderstood investment methods known. What is short selling? Introductions to short selling often overlook what short selling actually is, the process of short selling, and how short selling strategies can enhance portfolio performance during downturns. A best-selling author in the field of securities investment, Tom Tully is renowned for teaching individual investors how to use profitable investment methods. In What Is Short Selling?, Tully focuses on the following aspects: using financial statements and other public information to identify excellent short-selling targets; special trading rules for short selling, including the rule for securities price manipulation; the unique risks of short selling, as well as measures to mitigate these risks. For decades, portfolio managers and seasoned investors have used short selling to enhance their investment performance. Now, you can too! What Is Short Selling? reveals that practically any trader or investor can profit from this powerful investment tool, providing realistic methods to show investors how to use short selling to control market risk while increasing portfolio returns. Currently, the brightest introductory guide to short selling. This book emphasizes how short selling should be executed and how to make it work for you. Short selling is one of the most universal, potentially profitable, and easily misunderstood investment methods known. What is short selling? Introductions to short selling often overlook what short selling actually is, the process of short selling, and how short selling strategies can enhance portfolio performance during downturns. For decades, portfolio managers and seasoned investors have used short selling to enhance their investment performance. Now, you can too! What Is Short Selling? reveals that practically any trader or investor can profit from this powerful investment tool, providing realistic methods to show investors how to use short selling to control market risk while increasing portfolio returns.