Will Naked Short Selling Make a Comeback in 2019?
Cynthia Hetherington
Hetherington Group, 2 January 2019
Many investors “Go Long,” meaning they purchase stocks with the hope of gaining returns as the price of the security increases. A short seller, on the other hand, borrows on a stock and sells, hoping the price will decrease.
A third type of investor is known as a Naked Short Seller. No, this isn’t the story of a guy sipping mai tai’s on a tropical beach in his birthday suit (although he could be and not be committing fraud!).
