Should I SHORT the Stock Market? Global Economic Collapse = Massive Profit?

Money can be made in the stock market not just when it’s going up, but also when it’s going down. It’s really up to you how you want to approach it. Conventionally, investors would buy a stock and hold for an extended period of time. Short selling, which is a very risky proposition, has been growing in popularity because of the potential gains in a limited timeframe. Today we’ll discuss the positives and negatives of shorting the stock market and why this difficult task may not make sense for many.

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Short Selling
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/shortselling.asp
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A Debate as a Ban on Short-Selling Ends: Did It Make Any Difference? - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/business/08short.html
Some short sellers thrived in 2008 - MarketWatch
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/some-short-sellers-thrived-in-2008-uptick-rule-may-return
Alan Greenspan: Economy will 'fade' because of entitlement burden
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/12/alan-greenspan-says-economy-will-start-to-fade-out-because-of-growing-us-entitlement-burden.html