Total number of shares of a security that investors have sold short and that have not been repurchased to close out the short position. Usually, investors sell short to profit from price declines. As a result, the short interest is often an indicator of the amount of pessimism in the market about a particular security, although there are other reas...
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This is the total number of shares of a security that investors have borrowed, then sold in the hope that the security will fall in value. An investor then buys back the shares and pockets the difference as profit.
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The sale of futures contracts to eliminate or lessen the possible decline in value of an approximate
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Total number of shares of a given stock that have been sold short and not yet repurchased. Usually, investors sell short to profit from price declines. As a result, the short interest is often an indicator of the amount of pessimism in the market about a particular security. On the flip side, short interest represents dormant demand for a stock tha......
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The total number of shares of a security sold short.
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The total number of shares of a security that have been sold short by customers and securities firms that have not been repurchased to settle short positions in the market. (See short sale)
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