Wall Street traders betting against brick-and mortar retailers this holiday season are todays Grinches.
Instead of hoping for the best, theyre wagering sales will slump.
Its a practice known as short selling, where traders sell borrowed stocks on companies they predict will fare poorly in the hopes they can buy the shares back at a lower price, collecting the difference as profit.
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