Ways to Wealth: ‘Selling short’ gains popularity as stock trading strategy
Walt: One of the stocks I own shows 147,000 shares short interest. I was wondering if that means I own a bad stock. What does this mean?Elaine: Not necessarily. “Selling short” is becoming increasingly popular among individual investors.An investor may decide that all signs point to a decline in the stock price rather than an increase. So the investor may “sell” shares of the stock “short” in
