Sentence examples for or shorted from inspiring English sources
In bringing its charges, the government said that SAC not only sold out of its position, but also bet against — or shorted — the drug companies' stocks before the public announcement of the bad news.
On this basis, the authors tested a simple investment strategy that bought or shorted industries accordingly when bills were passed, and found that the portfolio would have delivered steep annualised returns of 9-12%, independent of how the overall market had moved.The more interested senators voted in favour of bills, the more positive it was for their industries' shares.
Some investors infamously did make money from betting against American subprime mortgages, but their real achievement was to find a way of doing so, by buying up credit-default swaps that paid out when mortgage-backed securities soured.There have been attempts to create instruments that allow property to be hedged or shorted.
"But if there's good news out of Europe, watch out for the euro to swing back up quite sharply on short covering," he added, referring to the practice where traders who had sold, or shorted, the currency are forced to repurchase it to cover their positions.
Don't confuse these with conventional home builders, which should be sold or shorted.
To do so, a futures contract would be sold, or shorted.
Take rompers, or short- alls.
Do I use long strokes or short?
The walk can be long or short, rugged or flat.
