Sentence examples for sell short from inspiring English sources

'sell short' is correct and usable in written English.
It is an idiom used to describe a situation in which someone has sold a stock, commodity, or other security at a lower price than is expected in the future. For example, "The investor sold his shares short, expecting the price to go down in the near future."

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sell short

verb

To engage in the process of short selling (selling a stock one does not own on the premise of the stock's price going down).

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Short-selling, you cannot sell short without taking into account market psychology.

Sell short.

You cannot sell short on social commitments and practical responsibilities".

Gotta go; don't sell short my tip about hedge funds.

And the right to sell short should not be restricted arbitrarily.

In America, mutual funds can sell short with some restrictions, for instance on leverage.

So arbitrage managers have tended to buy the bonds and sell short the shares.

It began to sell short the bonds of Iceland's over-stretched banks.

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They buy and sell short-term securities in what are called "open market operations".

"This reduction is partly because we now sell short-life food products at a discount to our customers.

A company with a short-term debt rating of "not prime" effectively cannot sell short-term debt.

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