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Re: I lost a lot of money today. [message #351371 is a reply to message #350936] Fri, 19 September 2008 01:09 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
danpaul88 is currently offline  danpaul88
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Excuse my ignorance, but am I right in thinking short selling is where you sell shares you don't own, and then buy them later on at a lower price than what you sold them for?

I don't really understand why it's even allowed in the first place, how can you sell something you don't even own?


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