Published on 25 Apr 2023 on Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance
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Investing in the stock market is never an easy task. Even the professionals agree that the market has a mind of its own, and no amount of mathematical formulas or algorithms can perfectly predict the directions in which stocks will move. However, this doesn't mean that the market itself is an impenetrable black box, where only luck and chance matter and all other things are put to rest.
When it comes to generating returns, there are several strategies that you can pursue. The most commonly known play for the stock market is buying shares with the hope that the price will go up. This strategy, often called going 'long', sees investments such as Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway often buy and hold shares for decades, and other retail investors buy them before a crucial event, such as an earnings call, to profit from any price increase and then sell to make a profit. Another investment strategy that often catches the media's attention is going short. As opposed to a long, a short is when borrowed shares of a firm are sold with the hope that the price drops. If it does, the sold shares are bought back and the difference between the selling and the buying price is pocketed as a profit (see a list of 10 stocks targeted by short sellers recently).