Seeking negative alphas through shorting

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Seeking negative alphas through shorting

Shorting involves selling stocks that one does not own. Advocates of shorting argue that it is needed to make the financial market a two-way (complete) market in which investors with bearish opinions can participate. To gain from shorting, short sellers hope to buy back the shorted stocks at a lower...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mohamad, Azhar
Format:	Article
Language:	English English English
Published:	SAGE Journals 2017
Subjects:	HG4501 Stocks, investment, speculation
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/58883/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/58883/1/GBR%20-%20Seeking%20Negative%20Alphas%20thru%20Shorting%20-%20Published%20version%20Aug%202017.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/58883/7/58883_Seeking%20negative%20alphas%20through%20shorting_MYRA.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/58883/8/58883_Seeking%20negative%20alphas%20through%20shorting_SCOPUS.pdf

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