Shorting a stock involves selling a borrowed stock in the anticipation of buying the same stock back at a lower future price and pocketing the difference. Shorting a stock involves selling a borrowed ...

Peter Roscoe has been trading in the financial markets for 18 years. Originally from Teesside, he started out in the finance industry, but for the past eight years trading has been a sideline to his ...

Historically, short selling (also referred to as ‘shorting’ or ‘going short’) has been used in stock markets under negotiated contracts. However, it has spread to almost every financial instrument, ...

Investor confidence in certain major companies has propelled markets higher, but there are also those betting against big-name stocks through short selling amid continued uncertainty. The S&P 500 ...