Everything you need to know about shorting

What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear "shorting"? For me, it's every finance fanatic's favourite film The Big Short. Or, if you twisted my arm, the short squeeze we witnessed at the beginning of the year in GameStop. 

A LOT of money was lost (and made) in the above examples. And while Michael Burry may have been heralded a hero, the hedge funds in the GameStop saga certainly were not. 

So, let's address the elephant in the room. Shorting, more often than not, can get a bad rap, with investors accusing short-sellers of robbing innocent shareholders of returns. 

But Perpetual's Anthony Aboud and Sage Capital's Sean Fenton believe otherwise, arguing shorting brings flexibility to investors portfolios, helping them to profit from a greater variety of companies in both bull and bear markets.

So, in this episode of Buy Hold Sell, Aboud and Fenton join Livewire Market's Ally Selby to discuss the ins and outs of shorting, where they are seeing opportunities in the current environment, and whether you should add shorting techniques to your investing toolbox. 

Note: This episode was filmed on 14 April 2021.