Short sale: alternatives and connections

a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two…

The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back…

the market condition wherein the price of a forward or futures contract is trading below the expected spot price at contract maturity.…

To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the…

an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lowe…

Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained…

The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on.

to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.

Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value.

To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad st…

To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is d…

Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.

Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale.

A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and r…

To offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle; as, to hawk goods or…

greater than normal in quantity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has hi…

something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property"

To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspiration…