Going short may signal a Waterloo

Philip Baker | Short selling can be a risky strategy. But it doesn’t stop investors from looking for overpriced stocks to sell rather than spend their time combing the list for underpriced stocks to buy.

Philip BakerAssociate Editor

Updated Aug 6, 2014 – 3.24pm, first published at 4.11am

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Short selling can be a risky strategy. But it doesn’t stop investors from looking for overpriced stocks to sell rather than spend their time combing the list, along with so many others, for underpriced stocks to buy.

It’s a way of distinguishing themselves and the strategy came under fire during the global financial crisis.

Philip Baker writes on markets specialising in bonds, equity markets and currencies. Based in our Sydney newsroom, Phil is a markets columnist.