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Topic: Short selling

Short selling is the practice of borrowing a stock, selling it, and then buying it back at a lower price to profit from the decline in the stock's value.

More on: Short selling

The podcast episodes discuss the role and decline of short selling as a strategy, particularly in the context of the GameStop short squeeze and the broader meme stock phenomenon.

Several episodes, such as Prof G Markets: The Texas Stock Exchange + Is Short Selling a Dying Strategy?, Equities in Secaucus: TXSE, PSUS, GME, and E114: Markets update: whipsaw macro picture, big tech, startup mass extinction event, VC reckoning, analyze the challenges facing short sellers and the impact of retail investors on the market.

The episodes also explore the use of short selling tactics by firms like Muddy Waters and Hindenburg Research, as well as the potential risks and rewards of this strategy.

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