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short position

the status of a transaction in which an investor has sold stock that he or she borrowed but did not own at the time of sale. The position remains short until the investor actually buys stock in sufficient quantity in order to return the same amount of stock that was borrowed to the stock lender. See selling short.

Source : U.S. Department of the Treasury

Language : English

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