{"id":8483,"date":"2019-08-20T16:11:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T20:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=8483"},"modified":"2019-08-20T16:11:02","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T20:11:02","slug":"were-you-overcharged-for-short-selling-at-your-discount-brokerage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/were-you-overcharged-for-short-selling-at-your-discount-brokerage\/","title":{"rendered":"Were You Overcharged For Short Selling At Your Discount Brokerage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8486 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Stock5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"While some investors may find short selling stocks to be appropriate to their investment needs, there are considerable risks involved, and some broker-dealers have been accused of overcharging clients for borrowing stock to short. What Is Short Selling? To short sell a stock (also known as going short) is to make an investment that becomes profitable when the stock declines in value. It\u2019s the opposite of \u201cgoing long\u201d, which is buying a stock, and making profit when it goes up in price.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Stock5.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Stock5-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>While some investors may find short selling stocks to be appropriate to their investment needs, there are considerable risks involved, and some broker-dealers have been accused of overcharging clients for borrowing stock to short.<\/p>\n<h3>What Is Short Selling?<\/h3>\n<p>To short sell a stock (also known as going short) is to make an investment that becomes profitable when the stock declines in value. It\u2019s the opposite of \u201cgoing long\u201d, which is buying a stock, and making profit when it goes up in price. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/were-you-overcharged-for-short-selling-at-your-discount-brokerage\/#more-8483\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While some investors may find short selling stocks to be appropriate to their investment needs, there are considerable risks involved, and some broker-dealers have been accused of overcharging clients for borrowing stock to short. What Is Short Selling? 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