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Short Selling: Finding Uncommon Short Ideas
Amit Kumar
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Description for Short Selling: Finding Uncommon Short Ideas
Hardback. Originally published in 2012 as: Short stories form the stock market: uncovering common themes behind falling stocks to find uncommon short ideas. Series: Columbia Business School Publishing. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 figures. BIC Classification: KFFM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
When an investor believes a stock is overvalued and will soon drop in price, he might decide to short it. First, he borrows an amount of the stock, and then sells it. He waits for the stock to tank before buying back the same amount of shares at a deflated price. After returning the shares to his lender, he pockets the difference-unless any one of several hard-to-predict variables interferes, and the stock fails to drop. Since these variables are so hard to predict, short selling is difficult for even seasoned investors. It takes great talent and experience to ... Read more
When an investor believes a stock is overvalued and will soon drop in price, he might decide to short it. First, he borrows an amount of the stock, and then sells it. He waits for the stock to tank before buying back the same amount of shares at a deflated price. After returning the shares to his lender, he pockets the difference-unless any one of several hard-to-predict variables interferes, and the stock fails to drop. Since these variables are so hard to predict, short selling is difficult for even seasoned investors. It takes great talent and experience to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Columbia Business School Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231172240
SKU
V9780231172240
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About Amit Kumar
Amit Kumar is a senior analyst at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. He has spent nine years in equity investments and, before that, another nine years in senior roles in the technology industry. He is also an adjunct professor of finance at Rutgers Business School.
Reviews for Short Selling: Finding Uncommon Short Ideas
Short Selling keeps the reader's attention through real examples, cases, and interviews with investment professionals. This book is sound and accurate, ideal not only for academics and professionals but also for anyone who has an interest in the various strategies, risk, actual case studies, and mechanics of selling short. I know of no other text like it.
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