Short selling and the development of anti-shorting laws in the UK
The practice of short selling stocks can be traced back to the seventeenth century and has continued to thrive to this day. To short sell, one has to borrow the stock, sell it, and subsequently hope to buy it back at a lower price. Thus, the reason for shorting is to make a profit on the downfall wh...
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