{"id":19006,"date":"2024-02-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/how-do-you-short-a-stock\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T00:00:00","slug":"how-do-you-short-a-stock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/how-do-you-short-a-stock\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you short a stock?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/how-do-you-short-a-stock\/#Michael_Burry_and_the_Market_Collapse\" >Michael Burry and the Market Collapse<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/how-do-you-short-a-stock\/#Predicting_the_Market_Collapse\" >Predicting the Market Collapse<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/how-do-you-short-a-stock\/#Michael_Burrys_Recent_Activity\" >Michael Burry&#8217;s Recent Activity<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/how-do-you-short-a-stock\/#Scion_Capital_and_Michael_Burrys_Shift\" >Scion Capital and Michael Burry&#8217;s Shift<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/how-do-you-short-a-stock\/#Michael_Burrys_Stock_Holdings\" >Michael Burry&#8217;s Stock Holdings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/how-do-you-short-a-stock\/#Howard_Hughes_and_Wealth\" >Howard Hughes and Wealth<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Michael_Burry_and_the_Market_Collapse\"><\/span>Michael Burry and the Market Collapse<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In short selling, a position is opened by borrowing shares of a stock or other asset that the investor believes will decrease in value. The investor then sells these borrowed shares to buyers willing to pay the market price. <\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Predicting_the_Market_Collapse\"><\/span>Predicting the Market Collapse<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Michael Burry sounded the alarm on the US housing bubble in an email in 2005. &quot;&quot;The Big Short&quot;&quot; investor highlighted risky loans and complacent credit-rating agencies. Burry predicted the housing market would crash and made a fortune betting on that outcome. <\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Michael_Burrys_Recent_Activity\"><\/span>Michael Burry&#8217;s Recent Activity<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Hedge fund manager Michael Burry of \u201cThe Big Short\u201d fame has been a busy man lately. In addition to his non-stop shadowing (and shading) of Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Twitter, Burry has also been selling off shares. In Q3 of 2021, he reduced his common stock holdings from $137 million to $42 million.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Scion_Capital_and_Michael_Burrys_Shift\"><\/span>Scion Capital and Michael Burry&#8217;s Shift<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As the ending of the movie showed, even after making outsized gains during the financial crisis, Mr. Burry soon closed his hedge fund, Scion Capital LLC, due to the continuous redemption pressure he faced from his investors while betting against the housing market. Dr. Burry subsequently closed the Scion Capital fund and has since launched his latest fund, Scion Asset Management.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Michael_Burrys_Stock_Holdings\"><\/span>Michael Burry&#8217;s Stock Holdings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Top Stock Picks of Michael Burry\n<ul>\n<li>CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 61. <\/li>\n<li>CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) provides healthcare services. <\/li>\n<li>Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 51. <\/li>\n<li>The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE:GEO)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Howard_Hughes_and_Wealth\"><\/span>Howard Hughes and Wealth<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Howard Hughes was a millionaire by the age of 18 after inheriting a fortune from his father, who had developed a drill bit that revolutionized the oil industry. Before he became known as an aviator, Hughes grew his wealth as a Hollywood film producer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Burry and the Market Collapse In short selling, a position is opened by borrowing shares of a stock or other asset that the investor believes will decrease in value. The investor then sells these borrowed shares to buyers willing to pay the market price. Predicting the Market Collapse Michael Burry sounded the alarm on &#8230; <a title=\"How do you short a stock?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/how-do-you-short-a-stock\/\" aria-label=\"Per saperne di pi\u00f9 su How do you short a stock?\">Leggi tutto<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4331,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-h"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4331"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}