To hedge its long position in the XRT, Goldman shorted the individual securities underlying the XRT.
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Because the stock have been already shorted heavily, bears could not go any much further.
Nevertheless, Scavone has shorted some after AIM sold shares it obtained in an initial public offering.
See what they are and discover several heavily shorted stocks that seem poised to move higher.
The rumor wasn't true, but the analyst made money because he had shorted the stock.
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There have been attempts to create instruments that allow property to be hedged or shorted.
Another reason is NOK has been already shorted massively about 16% of its total share number.
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Another reason is NOK has been already shorted massively about 19% of its total shares.
Another reason is NOK has been already shorted massively about 16% of its total shares.
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The stock exchanges publish daily lists on the most heavily shorted stocks, thus the hardest to borrow.
Since making that statement, Lowe had posted that he had shorted Ariad's stock ahead of the ruling.
The fourth and last tier would be shorted when the neckline breaks and we close below 1040.
A. Gary Shilling was out of tech stocks in 1999, and he shorted the home builders in 2005.
For all we know, someone shorted oil the day before this story broke, knowing it would do so.
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Somehow just a few grams got released into the atmosphere and shorted out transformers throughout the Pacific Northwest.
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On the flip side, we are seeing some lower-tier, heavily-shorted, beaten-up stocks lifting.
Doing so creates a hedge against a potential rally in the shorted shares.
Two years ago, Gary put some money with hedge fund superstar John Paulson who shorted the ABX BBB Index.
In the first, people are seen as broken mechanisms spewing forth symptoms, like a shorted-out electric motor throwing off sparks.
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However, this figure is declining sharply, as the number of SOLF shorted shares dropped by almost 30% during the past month.
The following Monday the hedge fund shorted 4.5 million Elan shares, betting the stock would decline in value, the complaint alleges.
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He even shorted ham processor Smithfield Foods after deciding it hadn't assessed the impact of shrinking margins and rising commodities prices.
Even before they could cash out, some business owners who sold out to Snyder shorted Snyder stock to lock in a price.
After a few minutes, a gaggle of about 20 English tourists arrive - khaki-shorted and fresh off the cruise ship from Barbados.
Shortly afterwards, word leaked that Ackman had heavily shorted Herbalife and was betting against the shares of the controversial nutritional supplements company.
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In contrast, if you shorted stocks before FDA decisions, you'd make money.
While the number of MYL shares sold short dropped by 25% during the past month, more than 74 million shares remain shorted.
This ETF is one of the heavily shorted positions in the NYSE.
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