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标题: downside risk of short sale [打印本页]

作者: dandman    时间: 2011-7-13 13:44     标题: downside risk of short sale

why short sale has unlimited downside liability? thanks.
作者: jarobi04    时间: 2011-7-13 13:44

because the underlying asset can only decrease to 0 (this is a limit for the loss of long sale), however the price can go up forever (there's no limit for a short sale loss)




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