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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by staplers on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:31PM (#18016686)
Longs are not "people holding stock". A long is purchased on borrowed capital paid back with interest. It is a much riskier play.
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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by riphay on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:40PM (#18016778)
Long is short-hand for anyone benefiting from the price of the stock rising. This includes people who own the stock outright, have bought on credit, own call options, have sold put options, etc.
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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by bduerst on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:58PM (#18016964)
Yeah, long is slang for long term investor: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/long.asp
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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by zodiac on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:08PM (#18017056)
The link you posted doesn't support that etymology; there are some proposed etymologies here https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/145376/what-is-t...
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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by whatok on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:23PM (#18017227)
That's definitely not standard industry convention. Previous poster's interpretation is correct.
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