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Short selling is a trading strategy where an investor borrows shares of a stock and sells them in the hope of profiting from a fall in the stock’s price.
It might seem obvious that a stock’s price rises because traders and investors are buying it. But the more interesting question is – why are they buying? One often-overlooked reason is short covering.