Analysis Quote by Seth Klarman

I used to think that good short-sellers could be trained like long-focused value investors because it should be the same skill set; you’re tearing…

— James Chanos

I've learned there's a big difference between a long-focused value investor and a good short-seller. That difference is psychological and I think it falls…

— James Chanos

Allowing short selling is allowing people to sell - instead of having to buy the stock and then sell it, which doesn't do much;…

— Robert F. Engle

The trend of the market is up, not down. Shorting stocks puts you against that trend and thus makes it more difficult to make…

— Guy Spier

I'll always understand the Schadenfreude aspect to short-selling. I get that no one will always like it. I'm also convinced to the deepest part…

— James Chanos

The majority of short term trading results are just random. In the long term the money ends up with those that can trade and…

— Steve Burns

By incentivizing Wall Street players to sniff out inefficient or corrupt companies and bet against them, short-selling acts as a sort of policing system;…

— Matt Taibbi

Short sellers sell stock they have borrowed, hoping to buy it back later when its price has fallen.

— Alex Berenson

Shorting saved my butt in 2008... Shorting kept me in the game. It generates cash when the market's crashing. And that's what you want…

— Whitney Tilson

My advice to most people is don't short stocks. It's a very, very difficult business. And you can really get clobbered.

— Whitney Tilson

While short sellers probably will never be popular on Wall Street, they often are the ones wearing the white hats when it comes to…

— James Chanos

It's dangerous to short stocks.

— Charlie Munger