The long and the short of it.

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Multiple Choice Question

To go short on a stock, you borrow it, hoping it will go down so you can
pay back with cbeaper stocks. (Oh yeh, and you've sold the borrowed stock
for the higher price already)
AND
/WHEN you go long, you just buy it, and sell it later for more money.

A) Basically like that. 

B) Go read Dougs book.

Thanks
Paula