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Going short on biotech

Nature Biotechnology volume 21, page 1133 (2003)Cite this article

You already know you can make money when a stock goes up, but you can also profit when the price declines. In the up-and-down world of biotech, this method—shorting stocks—may hold some appeal for experienced investors. Yet, investors at all levels can improve by being aware of what shorting is and how much of a stock is sold short.

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Tom Jacobs, of the Internet site Motley Fool (), provides his angle on biotechnology investments. Read on and become “Foolishly” informed * . He can be contacted about biotechnology and investing at . Jacobs cannot give individual investment advice but welcomes any.

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Jacobs, T. Going short on biotech. Nat Biotechnol 21, 1133 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1003-1133

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