Short selling occurs when an investor borrows a security and then sells it on the open market, planning to eventually repurchase it after the price drops.

Having a long position in a stock means that you own shares and will make money as the stock price rises. Having a short position in a stock means that you are betting on the decline of the stock’s ...

There’s been a major change in one of the bond market’s favorite indicators: the yield curve. After roughly two years of “inversion,” yields are now behaving like they do most of the time, with longer ...

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