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A Stockbroker Trades Shares She Does Not Own with an Obligation

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A stockbroker trades shares she does not own with an obligation of later repayment, and in the hope that the price of traded shares will fall. She then repays share debt with shares purchased at a lower price and pockets the spread between initial share price and repayment price. This attempt to profit from a falling stock price is known as _____.


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