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  • Shorting occurs when an investor thinks there are gains to be made in a blog's downward spiral.

    Blogging Strategies for a Recession Ms Robinson 2008

  • Shorting occurs when an investor thinks there are gains to be made in a blog's downward spiral.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Ms Robinson 2008

  • Shorting occurs when a trader borrows a contract and immediately sells it, while promising to buy the same contract back later - hopefully at a lower price.

    Fore, right! STEPHEN BERNARD 2010

  • Shorting occurs when a trader borrows a contract and immediately sells it, while promising to buy the same contract back later - hopefully at a lower price.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • "Shorting" his company's stock - despite posting better than expected earnings.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED Mike Rivero 2010

  • "Shorting" his company's stock - despite posting better than expected earnings.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED Mike Rivero 2010

  • "Shorting" Ciena on Credit Suisse's say-so in July 2008 may not have earned investors as much money as some of CS's 2007 predictions -- to sell

    Fool.com: The Motley Fool 2009

  • You spoke about a 2nd Exit Strategy in an earlier post being: "Shorting" the 2nd and Motifiying the 1st, I was under the assumption that you couldn't short a loan unless you were attempting to purchase a property and in this case you would have already owned the property,

    BiggerPockets Forums Peacefrog 2009

  • "Shorting" Ciena on Credit Suisse's say-so in July 2008 may not have earned investors as much money as some of CS's 2007 predictions -- to sell

    Fool.com: The Motley Fool 2009

  • The last time Fosheim appeared in FORBES was in a July 2007 article titled "Shorting Skyscrapers" that warned of a pending crash.

    Shaky Ground Daniel Fisher 2011

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