Meaning GOING SHORT: Selling stock that an investor does not own by borrowing shares from a broker. The assumption is that the price will fall. The investor then buys (covers the short) the shares at a lower price than what they were sold for, recognizing the difference as a profit. Antithesis of going long
More terms such as Going short in Dictionary G.
- Definition Growing Perpetuity:
- Examples A constant stream of cash flows without end that is expected to rise indefinitely going short definition.
- Definition Gold Standard:
- Examples An international monetary system in which currencies are defined in terms of their gold content, and payment imbalances between countries are settled in gold. It was in effect from about 1870 to 1914 going short explain.
- Definition GNP:
- Examples See: Gross National Product going short what is.
- Definition Gilts:
- Examples British and Irish government securities. Blue Chip going short meaning.
- Definition Graduated Call Writing:
- Examples call options at incrementally rising exercise prices, so that as the price of the underlying stock rises and the options are exercised, the seller receives a higher average price than the original going short abbreviation.
