Short Selling: Strategies, Risks, and Rewards

by Frank J. Fabozzi (Editor), Cliff Asness

The latest theoretical and empirical evidence on short selling in the United States and throughout the world
To get the most success out of what the finance community regards as a risky business, short sellers need high-level information. The Theory and Practice of Short Selling offers managers and investors the information they need to maximize and enhance their short selling capabilities for bigger profits. Frank Fabozzi collects a group of market experts who share their knowledge on everything from the basics to the complex in the world of short sales, including mechanics of short selling, the empirical evidence on short-selling, the implications or restrictions on short selling for investment strategies, short-selling strategies pursued by institutional investors, and identifying short-selling candidates.
Frank J. Fabozzi, PhD, CFA (New Hope, PA), is the Frederick Frank Adjunct Professor of Finance at Yale University's School of Management and Editor of the Journal of Portfolio Management. He is the author or editor of over 100 books on finance and investing.

Genres: Finance

432 pages, Hardcover

First published October 4, 2004

About the author

Frank J. Fabozzi is a Professor in the Practice of Finance and Becton Fellow in the Yale School of Management. He is well known as the author of numerous books on finance, both practitioner-focused and academic. Professor Frank J. Fabozzi will be joining Edhec Risk Institute on August 1, 2011. EDHEC-Risk Institute is part of EDHEC Business School, one of Europe’s leading business schools.

Reviews

[May Ling · Rating 3 out of 5]

provided you are still allowed to sell stock short after all is said and done, this was actually one of the best books I read for an overview of the practicalities/intuition of shorting, why it's different, how do you articulate that difference/peculiarity. I highly recommend for those that are involved in shorting stock.