short selling

基本解釋

Sure, short selling damages the sellers' credit rating, but they just bought a new house, so they don't care.
短期銷售確實(shí)會傷害銷售者的信用評級，但是他們會買新房子，所以他們不在乎。
UK, US and European nations all clamped down on short selling during the crisis over fears it was exacerbating market slumps, particularly in financial stocks.
在金融危機(jī)期間，英國、美國和歐洲其它國家全都限制賣空交易，因?yàn)閾?dān)憂賣空交易會加劇市場（尤其是金融類股）的暴跌。
As an alternative to short selling, you can buy a credit default swap, which is a form of insurance on debt—not necessarily your own debt.
作為賣空交易的替代選擇，你還可以購買信貸違約掉期。這是債務(wù)保險(xiǎn)的一種形式，擔(dān)保的未必是你自己的債務(wù)。

Some economists blame speculative transactions such as "naked short selling" for plunging the world economy into a financial crisis.
He was adding to his earnings by selling short stories and by working from time to time on movies in Hollywood.
In naked short-selling, the bets are made on assets that are neither borrowed nor owned by the investor.

Germans want to intimidate banks, traders and speculators from short selling PIIGS debt and EU stocks.
FORBES: While Europe Slides, Germany Plays Hardball On Financial Transaction Tax

the practice of selling commodities, securities, currencies, etc that one does not have in the expectation that falling prices will enable one to buy them in at a profit before they have to be delivered

賣空機(jī)制
In this paper, the impact of the mechanism of short selling on market volatility and liquidity is studied from theoretical and empirical aspects.
本文從理論和實(shí)證兩個方面深入研究賣空機(jī)制對市場波動性和流動性的影響。
賣空交易
賣空行為
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