Over the course of 2020, U.S. short sellers lost over 40 billion U.S. dollars to shorts of Tesla - a value significantly higher than other companies. While short selling can generate some very large profits in a small amount of time, the practice can also lead to some very large losses should stock prices rise, confounding investors' expectations. Short selling is a process whereby investors effectively borrow a certain number of shares for a period of time, with the aim of selling them when the price is high, then repurchasing at a lower price in order to return them.
Stocks generating the highest losses from short sell positions on U.S. markets in 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Yahoo. (January 25, 2021). Stocks generating the highest losses from short sell positions on U.S. markets in 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 19, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201126/largest-losses-shorts-usa/
Yahoo. "Stocks generating the highest losses from short sell positions on U.S. markets in 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 25, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201126/largest-losses-shorts-usa/
Yahoo. (2021). Stocks generating the highest losses from short sell positions on U.S. markets in 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201126/largest-losses-shorts-usa/
Yahoo. "Stocks Generating The Highest Losses from Short Sell Positions on U.S. Markets in 2020 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201126/largest-losses-shorts-usa/
Yahoo, Stocks generating the highest losses from short sell positions on U.S. markets in 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201126/largest-losses-shorts-usa/ (last visited August 19, 2022)