Shorting
topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
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WTF is with Nikhil Kamath 
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4 statements about Shorting, every show
Sam Lessin: Never short an asset with potential infinite upside
“Shorting in anything where infinity is possible. And even I believe there's some crazy case where there is infinity possible. You can't short that. That's the only way to lose infinity money.”
Kamath: India must level the playing field for short sellers
“I feel like shorting is such a essential part of the ecosystem. It makes our markets so much more robust. It's an artificial flow when a correction is happening, shorts will cover, but also price discovery becomes a lot more efficient. I feel like we really ne…”
Investors abandon short-selling strategies because the returns are too episodic
“Shorting's hard. It's very difficult to do behaviorally. It's very difficult to generate returns consistently. The returns are very episodic, so oftentimes people just give up at the wrong time, but I do think there's an inefficiency that can be exploited on t…”