Talk:Short (finance)

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Merge. The articles should be merged, as both discuss near identical topics. It would be better to make Short Selling a section of Short (finance), though. Just my 2 cents. --Michaelk 14:03, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Agree (suggest reverse merge). I'm for the merge, but perhaps it would be better to merge Short selling into Short (finance). "To short" covers buying, holding, and selling. -- Isogolem 19:19, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Retract suggestion per EncMstr's comment below. -- Isogolem 19:01, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge. I don't particularly care which one is the redirect and which one is the article, but I count 26 main space wikilinks for short (finance) and 89 for short selling. — EncMstr 17:01, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Disagree. It's important to recognize the distinctions between a short view and short selling. They're not always the same thing. A short view of market as a whole or a sector, and you really can't buy a market or sector (don't even start about ETFs). You don't have to have a short position to have a short view. Personally, I think that the short selling section on this page should be shortened to bring the article in line with the Long (finance) article. --Srwm4 08:11, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge Completed Gentlemen, I completed the merge and transcluded the referenced facts from the other article. Anyone interested in integrating further content may find the merged page at [1]. Alan.ca 07:39, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed Joseph Parnes

Removed link that did not appear to be related to the subject. Servalo 15:35, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reasons

This article explains reasons for short selling. It does not however discuss why someone allows their stocks/futures/whatever to be borrowed so that someone else may short them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.126.82.205 (talk) 22:20, 19 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Short selling merger not completed

Just FYI, for anyone thinking to edit this page, despite what was said above this merger was only attempted not completed. Short selling is still alive and well. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Isogolem (talk • contribs) 16:39, 20 February 2007 (UTC).

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