Naked Short Selling

Definition:

The act of selling a security without either borrowing the security or making a reasonable effort to determine its availability. Various SEC rules ban this practice because, among other reasons, Naked Short Selling enables investors to manipulate and depress the price of a stock without any regard for actual supply and demand within the rest of the market.

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