Short Selling

Short Selling

1. The Enforcement Directorate’s preliminary investigation has concluded that the “top beneficiaries” of short selling in shares of Adani Group companies, post release of the Hindenburg Research report and the subsequent market crash, are based in tax havens.
2. Short sellers are investors who believe and bet that share prices will fall.
3. In short selling, they borrow shares to sell these borrowed shares to buyers willing to pay the market price. 
4. The sellers will then buy them back later at a lower price, thus making a profit in the transaction.
5. It is an advanced strategy that is mostly undertaken by experienced traders and investors as Speculation carries the possibility of substantial risk.
6. Short selling has a high risk/reward ratio: It can offer big profits, but losses can mount quickly and infinitely due to margin calls.