The Long and the Short of It: The Quant Shorting Advantage

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The Long and the Short of It: The Quant Shorting Advantage

By Stacie L. Mintz & Gavin Smith

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QMA team details the advantages of short selling and why quantitative strategies are best able to capitalize on them.

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