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Book SynopsisA practical guide to the risky practice of betting against stocks.
Trade ReviewShort Selling keeps the reader's attention through real examples, cases, and interviews with investment professionals. This book is sound and accurate, ideal not only for academics and professionals but also for anyone who has an interest in the various strategies, risk, actual case studies, and mechanics of selling short. I know of no other text like it. -- Glen A. Larsen Jr., professor of finance, Kelley School of Business Those with investment skill and knowledge who are prepared to enter this inherently risky area will find Kumar's theories valuable. Publishers Weekly [An] interesting and informative book, suitable for students, investors, and practitioners... What makes the reading more meaningful and interesting are the accompanying examples and case studies of well-known firms... Highly recommended. Choice
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part I: Framework to Finding Short Ideas 1. Due Diligence in Short Selling 2. Leveraged Businesses: The Upside and Downside 3. Structural Issues in Industries 4. Recipes for Cooked Books: Accounting Misstatements and Shenanigans 5. The World Is Going to End Part II: How Successful Investors and Analysts Think 6. Value Investing 7. Activist Investing 8. Papa Bear: Coattailing Marquee Investors or Betting Against Them? 9. Off Wall Street: Two Decades of Successful Shorting Part III: Risks and Mechanics of Short Selling 10. When to Hold, When to Fold 11. The Mechanics of Short Selling Glossary Notes Index
