The short interest ratio helps traders and analysts understand market sentiment and potential price moves. It compares the number of shares sold short to the average daily trading volume. A high ratio ...

Short selling is one of those features of the market that companies tend to dislike, but for arbitrageurs and market makers, it is an absolute necessity. The fear for companies and investors is that ...

Viewers of “The Big Short”, a film released in 2015, based on a book by Michael Lewis, might remember the travails of investors who sought to short-sell American housing debt in the run-up to the ...