short selling

基本解释

Sure, short selling damages the sellers' credit rating, but they just bought a new house, so they don't care.
短期销售确实会伤害销售者的信用评级，但是他们会买新房子，所以他们不在乎。
UK, US and European nations all clamped down on short selling during the crisis over fears it was exacerbating market slumps, particularly in financial stocks.
在金融危机期间，英国、美国和欧洲其它国家全都限制卖空交易，因为担忧卖空交易会加剧市场（尤其是金融类股）的暴跌。
As an alternative to short selling, you can buy a credit default swap, which is a form of insurance on debt—not necessarily your own debt.
作为卖空交易的替代选择，你还可以购买信贷违约掉期。这是债务保险的一种形式，担保的未必是你自己的债务。

Some economists blame speculative transactions such as "naked short selling" for plunging the world economy into a financial crisis.
He was adding to his earnings by selling short stories and by working from time to time on movies in Hollywood.
In naked short-selling, the bets are made on assets that are neither borrowed nor owned by the investor.

Germans want to intimidate banks, traders and speculators from short selling PIIGS debt and EU stocks.
FORBES: While Europe Slides, Germany Plays Hardball On Financial Transaction Tax

the practice of selling commodities, securities, currencies, etc that one does not have in the expectation that falling prices will enable one to buy them in at a profit before they have to be delivered

卖空机制
In this paper, the impact of the mechanism of short selling on market volatility and liquidity is studied from theoretical and empirical aspects.
本文从理论和实证两个方面深入研究卖空机制对市场波动性和流动性的影响。
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