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Short Selling: Strategies, Risks, and Rewards

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I found very little practical advice on short selling strategies. There was considerable theoretical discussion of the risks and rewards of short selling. I would recommend this book only for those who were looking to improve their understanding of financial theory.

This is a great book for those that are trying to understand the theoretical underpinings of short selling. It is probably most appropriate for money managers who are trying to understand the difference between long and short strategies, quants (as a basic book with which to frame short selling separate from long startegies), and generalists. It is not a book for day traders who would do better focusing on charting.

This is an insightful book that makes a great case for the importance and need for short selling. It chornicles the bias toward optimism in the marketplace and this is especially relevant after we have had two bubbles burst in the last 10 years associated with excessive optimism. This is a nice compliment to the work that has been done in regard to capital market efficiency, etc. I recommend this to intermediate to advanced financial-minded people who want a different perspective on pricing and investor motivation. John W. Taylor, Tiarta, LLC

What is the purpose of academic writing if it is not applicable in practice, but it is only complete waste of time and paper. This book is written to only justify some academic payroll time and has no practical value. What a garbage! Hundreds of pages of endless and unpractical theory that fail to even teach the reader anything. Frank Fabozzi needs to get out more!