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Short Selling: The Bears of the Market

In: The Speculator of Financial Markets

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  • Daniele D’Alvia

    (Queen Mary University of London)

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Chapter 6 is providing a historical account of short sellers from the Great Bear of Wall Street until Michael J. Burry, George Soros, and the GameStop saga. Short selling often gets a bad reputation: because it is a type of trade that bets against the success of a firm. In essence, short selling allows investors to borrow stock from a broker to sell into the market with the hope of buying the stock back at a cheaper price, thus profiting on the difference between the sell and buy prices. Because of this practice, short selling is sometimes seen as a controversial tactic. Furthermore, speculative short selling attacks are concerning as they can put downward pressure on the entire stock market. However, the chapter shows that short sellers play a critical role in financial markets by being ‘detectives’ of capital markets.

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  • Daniele D’Alvia, 2023. "Short Selling: The Bears of the Market," Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions, in: The Speculator of Financial Markets, chapter 0, pages 237-278, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:pmschp:978-3-031-47901-4_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-47901-4_6
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