空売り

• 読み: からうり
• ローマ字: karauri
• 漢字の分解: 空 (kara) — empty, void; 売 (uri) — selling
• 発音: /ka.ɾa.ɯ.ɾi/

意味

Short selling; selling short. A trading strategy in which an investor borrows shares and sells them, hoping to buy them back later at a lower price.

A sophisticated investment technique primarily used by professional and institutional investors. 空売り carries high risk because losses are theoretically unlimited if the price rises. The term is also used more loosely to mean selling something one does not yet possess (e.g., in real estate). Regulators impose restrictions on 空売り during periods of market stress.

例文

1. ヘッジファンドが大量の空売りを仕掛け、当該銘柄の株価急落を引き起こした。
2. 空売り規制が強化されたことで、市場の安定性が一定程度高まったとの見方もある。
3. 株価の下落を予測して空売りを行うのは、損失が無限大になりうるリスクの高い戦略だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: securities trading, hedge funds, financial regulation, investing

トーン: technical

起源と歴史

Compound of 空 (kara — empty, nothing) and 売り (uri — selling). The 'empty' element reflects that the seller does not actually own the asset at the time of sale.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Finance/Investment