Learn about price risk, which involves value declines in securities, and explore strategies for managing it, such as diversification and hedging with options.

Having a long position in a stock means that you own shares and will make money as the stock price rises. Having a short position in a stock means that you are betting on the decline of the stock’s ...

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) remains a potential short-trade candidate, but shorting exposes investors to theoretically unlimited losses if share prices rise sharply. Short sellers of dividend-paying ...