The long and the short of it?

white_goodman said:

short is selling securities the seller does not own, in the hope of repurchasing them later at a lower price. This is done in an attempt to profit from an expected decline in price, going long is jsut normal share buying where you want to buy low and sell high

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Fishbulb said:

thank you kind sir

some things as simple as they are when explained - as you've done here - just elude me on occasion.

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