I just cannot, for the life of me, understand how you make a profit by it.
In: Economics
You borrow a share of Stupidfad dot com for a month. You sell it for $100. Two weeks later the price falls to $50 and you buy one. At the end of the month you give that share to the lender and you’ve made $50. That’s how you make money short selling.
It’s far easier to lose money short selling because you can misjudge whether a stock will go up or down.
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