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Yeah, long is slang for long term investor: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/long.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/long.asp
by bduerst 8y ago
Yeah, long is slang for long term investor: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/long.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/long.asp
- zodiac 8y agoThe link you posted doesn't support that etymology; there are some proposed etymologies here https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/145376/what-is-the-origin-of-long-and-short-in-finance https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/145376/what-is-t...
- whatok 8y agoThat's definitely not standard industry convention. Previous poster's interpretation is correct.