
Profiting from the Fall
The Controversial Mechanics of Short Selling and Market Makers
Thomas Carter(Author)
epubli (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 25. February 2026
177 pages
978-3-565-27168-9 (ISBN)
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The vast majority of investors enter the stock market with a simple, optimistic premise: buy a company's stock and hope it goes up. But operating in the shadows of this optimism is a controversial breed of traders who actively bet against success, seeking to profit when a company fails.
This practice, known as short selling, involves borrowing shares you don't own, selling them immediately, and hoping to buy them back later at a cheaper price. While often vilified as market manipulation, short sellers act as the financial ecosystem's ruthless immune system, actively hunting down corporate fraud, exposing bloated valuations, and bursting dangerous market bubbles.
Profiting from the Fall demystifies the complex, high-stakes mechanics of betting against the market. It explains the dangerous mathematics of infinite risk, the explosive phenomenon of the "short squeeze," and the invisible role of market makers who facilitate these controversial trades.
Understand the dark side of market mechanics. Learn how short selling actually works, why it is essential for market efficiency, and how to spot the critical warning signs when hedge funds start betting heavily against your favorite companies.
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978-3-565-27168-9 (9783565271689)
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