by fairmarketalliance | Jan 8, 2026 | Education
Fails to Deliver: The Hidden Indicator of Market Manipulation Short selling is a common trading practice where an investor borrows shares to sell them, hoping to buy back later at a lower price. In normal circumstances, short selling can contribute to healthy markets...
by fairmarketalliance | Dec 30, 2025 | Education
Is the Market Rigged? How Retail Investors Lose Out to Wall Street’s Short Tactics In early 2021, the GameStop saga shone a spotlight on an obscure corner of Wall Street: stocks with extremely high short interest. These “short-heavy” markets, where bearish bets...
by fairmarketalliance | Dec 22, 2025 | Education
Naked Short Selling Explained: When Market Strategy Becomes Market Exploitation Imagine betting that a stock’s price will drop and making money if it does. This is the essence of short selling, a legitimate (though risky) trading strategy. But now imagine pushing that...
by fairmarketalliance | Dec 16, 2025 | Education
The Hidden Cost of Short Heavy Markets: Retail Investor Losses Explained Short selling is a trading strategy that allows investors to profit when a stock’s price falls. In a standard short sale, a trader borrows shares, sells them, and later hopes to buy them back at...
by fairmarketalliance | Dec 3, 2025 | Education
FAQ: Understanding Short Pressure: What to Look For in a Publicly Traded Company’s History Short selling and “short pressure” are often mentioned in market news, especially when a stock’s price swings wildly. But what exactly is short pressure, and how can everyday...
by fairmarketalliance | Nov 26, 2025 | Education
How Short Selling Impacts Ordinary Investors Even When They’re Not Paying Attention For the average person investing in stocks, whether a retiree holding blue-chip stocks for income, a pension fund managing workers’ retirement money, or a small business owner with...
by fairmarketalliance | Nov 19, 2025 | Education
What the Data Doesn’t Show: The Human Cost of Abusive Short Selling Short sellers bet on stocks falling in price. It’s a legitimate trading strategy in which an investor borrows shares, sells them, and later hopes to buy them back at a lower price to return the loan,...
