Is shorting of Exchange Traded Funds a dangerous financial sport? recent UK evidence

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Is shorting of Exchange Traded Funds a dangerous financial sport? recent UK evidence

An Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) is a security that tracks a basket of stocks. An ETF investor gains immediate exposure to the basket, by taking either a long or short position on this instrument. Both hedgers and speculators can short ETFs, making the informational content of increases in ETF short in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mohamad, Azhar
Format:	Proceeding Paper
Language:	English English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	HG4501 Stocks, investment, speculation
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32664/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32664/1/Revised_ETF10.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/32664/3/BAFA_2013_Annual_Conference_Acceptance.pdf

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