Short Selling
On 25th January, 2023, US based Short-seller Hindenburg Research disclosed short positions in India's Adani Group, citing potential stock manipulation and accounting fraud in a report.
About Short Selling
- A short, or a short position, is created when a trader sells a security first with the intention of repurchasing it or covering it later at a lower price.
- Short selling or shorting is a trading strategy based on the expectation that the price of the security will fall.
- While fundamentally it is based on the “buy low, sell high” approach, the sequence of transactions is reversed in short selling — to sell ....
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