A Stockbroker Trades Shares She Does Not Own with an Obligation

question 68

Multiple Choice

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 _____.

• A) insider trading
• B) churning
• C) arbitrage trading
• D) short selling
• E) going long

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Definitions:

Depreciation Expenses

The allocation of the cost of tangible assets over their useful lives, recognized as an expense on the income statement.

Retained Earnings

Profits that a company chooses not to distribute as dividends to shareholders but instead reinvests in the business or keeps as reserve.

Depreciation

A technique for distributing the expense of a physical asset across its lifespan.

Balance Sheet

A financial statement that reports a company's assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity at a specific point in time.