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A key measure of how many investors expect a company to struggle in coming months is something called the short interest.
By way of a quick explanation: An investor who wants to profit if a company’s stock loses value, rather than gains, “shorts” a stock. A short is a kind of insurance for investors in case a stock value goes down in value. Short interest is measured in terms of a so-called float ratio, which is the percentage of total shares a company has outstanding that have investors shorting them. (A more in-depth explanation can be found here thanks to Investopedia.)
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By way of a quick explanation: An investor who wants to profit if a company’s stock loses value, rather than gains, “shorts” a stock. A short is a kind of insurance for investors in case a stock value goes down in value. Short interest is measured in terms of a so-called float ratio, which is the percentage of total shares a company has outstanding that have investors shorting them. (A more in-depth explanation can be found here thanks to Investopedia.)
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