Shorting
is better to be avoided for most:
·
Could lose more than 100% of the investment.
Actually, in theory, there is no limit. If the shorted stock price rises
by 10 times, the loss is well over 10 times money invested.
·
Need to pay dividends and interest for the
shorted stock.
The higher the dividend rate for the stock, the more
you have to pay. The experienced would avoid high-dividend stocks to short.
Need to pay interest for ‘borrowing’ the stocks to sell.
Brokers charge interest rates differently and it could be a huge saving to shop
around if you short stocks a lot.
·
Need both fundamental and technical analyses.
From my experience, a technical analysis is more important
in shorting.
·
If successful in shorting, gains are subjected
to the short-term capital gain taxes which are typically higher than long-term
capital gain taxes.
·
Not all the
stocks can be shorted.
·
Selling short is not allowed in retirement
accounts as of 2013. However, you can buy contra ETFs for a group of stocks to
bet against the market or a sector, but not on a specific stock.
·
The following sectors are riskier: the drug,
mine, bank (unless you know the quality of mortgages) and insurance sectors. A
single drug approval could drive the stock price up by more than 25% in one
day.
·
There is no perfect timing. Some stocks
fluctuate a lot with no rational reasons. Some stocks may be manipulated.
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