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Mrgood

07/20/21 2:12 PM

#41683 RE: Sircooper #41682

Close but not quite

Short selling is a fairly simple concept— an investor borrows a stock, sells the stock, and then buys the stock back to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that the stock they sell will drop in price. ... The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the profit.