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Short Selling – Two Perspectives

Beginner Investors

February 18, 2012

Published February 18, 2012 04:48 PM

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    Ever wondered how shorting a stock works? A couple of handy tutorials help explain this often misunderstood approach to trading: The first is a bit of a technical explanation prepared by Interactive Brokers on how a short sale works: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/images/flash/shortsale/index.html   A simpler version prepared by the Khan Academy can be found here:

    Shortselling

    Ever wondered how shorting a stock works? A couple of handy tutorials help explain this often misunderstood approach to trading:

    The first is a bit of a technical explanation prepared by Interactive Brokers on how a short sale works:

    http://www.interactivebrokers.com/images/flash/shortsale/index.html

     

    A simpler version prepared by the Khan Academy can be found here: