Short sellers down $180.9B in 2024 mark-to-market losses as Wall Street soars (SP500)


Short Selling is refer to an investor or trader sells an asset that they do not own but instead have borrowed with the expectation that its price will decrease in the future.

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Short sellers betting against the U.S. stock market had another difficult year in 2024, as they saw Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index (SP500) log a second annual gain of +20%. Still, according to a report earlier this week, shorts


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