The word "shorted" is correct and usable in written English.
It is commonly used to describe a situation in which someone or something has received less than their share, or has been deprived in some way. For example, "The workers felt they had been shorted when they were not given the same benefits as the supervisors."
Lucas, who has appeared on television as a gourmet raw-food chef, posted that the officers "saw a tatted RAWKer white boy and a hot bootie shorted black girl and thought we were a HO & a TRICK".
Later the weather shorted the electricity.
None of the banks needed to borrow at these rates, but the market signal was clear enough: the banks were in trouble, and there was a question-mark over the central bank's ability to stand behind them.The outcome in 2008 has been a slump in the krona, which has fallen against the euro by almost 30%, as carry traders unwound their contracts and hedge funds shorted the currency.
Indeed, Traxis Partners, his hedge fund, has already mistakenly shorted oil in May 2004 and the dollar in December 2004.Working for a hedge fund is currently extremely fashionable, the top choice of graduating Harvard MBAs.
A FINANCIER of my acquaintance cleverly shorted the stockmarket during the technology bubble.
Anhui Conch Cement, China's largest cement manufacturer, is the most commonly shorted Chinese company listed in Hong Kong.
The terrorist attacks of September 2001 were followed by rumours that certain financiers had been tipped off and shorted the market in advance.In this section When the battle's lost and won Heroes and villains Bearers of bad news Voice of reason Cast of millions A wintry thriller ReprintsRobert Sloan works in the hedge-fund industry.
Autonomy Capital was up 26%, partly because it shorted the euro and European credit and went long on various Asian currencies.
Mutual funds and most institutional investors consider shorting too risky, since losses are theoretically limitless when a shorted stock starts to rise.
If the price of a shorted share rises, the short seller still has to buy and deliver it whenever the lender wants it back.
Importantly, the double-shorted folks who did not use Ecstasy were not more likely to have depression, and neither were double-shorted cannabis users.The Go/No-Go task also indicated depression in Ecstasy users with short versions of the gene and in this case, just one short gene was enough to confer increased risk.
