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The 14 pages that link to Short selling, each with the reason it gives.

• ArbitrageRelated: A trader may short an overpriced asset while buying its equivalent elsewhere.

• Portfolio optimizationRelated: Allowing short positions changes feasible weights and can amplify model sensitivity.

• SpeculationRelated: A speculator can profit from an expected price decline by selling an asset short.

• Market manipulationCompared with: A bearish trade is not manipulation merely because it pushes a price downward.

• Hedge fundRelated: Short positions let funds seek gains from falling prices and hedge long positions.

• Secondary marketRelated: Short selling uses secondary-market trades to express a view that an asset will fall in price.

• Stock marketRelated: It enables a position that can profit when a stock price falls.

• Bernie MadoffCompared with: Madoff claimed to use investment strategies involving securities, but his reported trades were fabricated.

• Lee Soo-manCompared with: Lee’s offshore production-company arrangement drew scrutiny over its proposed royalty payments and governance.

• George SorosRelated: Soros’s fund used short positions to wager against currencies and securities.

• Put optionCompared with: A put can profit from a decline without borrowing and selling the asset.

• Carl IcahnCompared with: Short sellers can oppose the companies or activist positions that Icahn supports.

• Hetty GreenCompared with: Green is often associated with conservative lending and buying, unlike this speculative strategy.

• Jesse LivermoreRelated: Short sales made Livermore’s profits during sharp market declines especially conspicuous.