The Fed conducts traditional monetary policy by buying or selling short-term Treasury securities in the open market.
Individual investors will begin put buying, selling short and getting out of longs anytime the markets fall by more than five percent over a period of days or weeks.
With call buying rising in tandem with short-selling, it could be a sign that these bears are hedging their bets against an unexpected rally.
Some bargain hunting buying interest and short covering are featured following recent selling pressure.
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Bargain hunting buying interest and short covering were featured following recent selling pressure.
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On the other hand, some short term dollar selling, yen buying as the Japanese fiscal year end approaches may give a temporary boost the to currency.
The professionals were selling and selling short and the public was buying like mad.
Some bargain-hunting buying interest and short covering surfaced around midday, following selling pressure that has occurred this week.
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Technically, August gold futures prices closed near mid-range again Tuesday and saw some short covering and bargain-hunting buying following recent selling pressure.
Silver saw some short covering and bargain-hunting buying following recent selling pressure.
Short covering and bargain-hunting buying are seen following selling pressure late last week.
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The precious metals are seeing some consolidation, some tepid bargain-hunting buying, some short covering and some position-squaring-selling as the year winds down.
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Short covering and bargain-hunting buying interest following recent selling pressure were featured.
Grant suggests selling home builder stocks and buying short-term Treasury notes.
Short covering and bargain hunting buying interest were featured following recent selling pressure.
For those whose jobs and livelihoods depend on oil prices remaining high, an investment that increases in value by either selling short the above-mentioned products or buying DCR would offset the economic pain.
Long-short strategies fail to make money as managers are simultaneously buying and selling beta.
In years gone by, Japan's policymakers have suddenly tightened rules on short-selling and dreamed up a public stock-buying entity to shore up prices in time for March 31st, the end of most companies' financial year.
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Traders are selling the rallies rather than buying the dips as short positions are favored.
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But short-selling should not be assisted by regulation any more than buying long should be advantaged.
These involve selling short-term December 1999 interest-rate futures contracts and buying September 1999 and March 2000 ones, on the assumption that short-term rates will spike over the millennium because of extra demand for cash.
It does not matter what you are buying or selling when you began the position and why you are long or short.
In short-selling, a trader borrows shares and then sells them, hoping to profit by buying them at a lower price later to close out the loan.
For now a short-term range mentality may develop, with day traders selling the top of the range and buying the bottom of the range.
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