Short selling is a way to invest so that you profit when the price of a security — such as a stock — declines. It’s considered an advanced strategy that is probably best left to experienced investors ...

— -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a temporary ban Friday on short sales of 799 financial stocks, a dramatic move against traders who have sought profits from the most severe ...

One manager targets financials, real estate and solar for shorts A new hedge fund is being launched to short stocks. The stock market is registering one record high after another, unconcernedly ...

South Korea on Monday lifted the longest short-selling ban in the country's history, after tightening measures to crackdown on illegal transactions. The short-selling ban was put into place in ...

Parent of President Trump's Truth Social has complained to the SEC about potential illegal bearish bets made against its stock by a U.K.-based hedge fund The parent company of President Donald Trump's ...

Financial authorities have continued their "war against illegal short selling" and imposed a total penalty of 3.97 billion ...

Short-selling activity increased notably in S&P 500 industrial stocks during November, coinciding with a decline in the sector’s performance. By the end of the November month, the average short ...

— -- Markets braced for Wednesday night's scheduled expiration of the ban on short sales of more than 900 financial stocks, as investment analysts and advisers gave differing predictions on the ...

The misuse of short selling by US hedge fund managers has recently been the subject of much scrutiny. The practice involves one party borrowing shares for a small fee, selling them, repurchasing them ...

Shares of AppLovin sank 20% on Thursday, their steepest drop on record, as another short-selling firm raised concerns about the company's digital ad technology and claimed that it's violating app ...

When activist short seller Nate Anderson announced he was dissolving his firm, Hindenburg Research, just five days before the second inauguration of President Donald Trump, even the most hard-boiled ...

The FCA will amend the Handbook Glossary to reflect terminology introduced in the new Short Selling Sourcebook. Related updates will be made to the Supervision manual, Decision Procedure and Penalties ...