Investing in the stock market typically brings to mind the strategy of buying low and selling high. However, there's another, somewhat counterintuitive method some investors employ: short selling.

Short selling is a way to invest so that you profit when the price of a security — such as a stock — declines. It’s considered an advanced strategy that is probably best left to experienced investors ...

During the heyday of technical analysis from 1960 to 1985, some of the best indicators of market direction were the odd lot and public short selling ratios. High levels of short selling were positive ...

IT IS NOT quite the oldest trick in equity trading, but it is not far off. In 1602 the Dutch East India Company became the first to sell its shares to the general public. By 1608 Isaac le Maire, a ...

NEW YORK, May 4 (Reuters) - The practice of short selling is coming under increased scrutiny as shares of regional banks remain under pressure, with some calls for more regulatory oversight of the ...

Short sellers often get a bad name in the market, but selling stocks short is necessary for any healthy market. Short sellers can often be the first ones to sniff out questionable accounting practices ...

Short selling can be controversial, especially among management teams of companies whose stocks traders are betting that their prices will fall. And a new spike in alleged “naked short selling” among ...

Short selling is an investment technique that generates profits when shares of a stock go down rather than up. In most cases, shorting stocks is best left to the professionals. It’s mostly ...

South Korea extended its short-selling ban on Thursday in an attempt to crack down on illegal “naked shorting” practices. What Happened: South Korea announced it would extend its ban on short selling ...

Thailand’s stock exchange will tighten curbs on short selling and high-frequency trading as it attempts to revive investor confidence in the world’s worst performing equity market. Short selling and ...

Short-selling hedge funds suffered a mark-to-market loss of $838 million in GameStop, data firm S3 Partners said. "Expect short covering in this stock as it already had a 100/100 squeeze score prior ...