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The answer is A.
My question is why do we need to borrow money to short sell stocks?
you do not have the stocks - you need to borrow the stocks from someone. Usual convention is to show it as you borrowed the funds and bought the stocks (on loan) from someone.
Yes. thanks.
by the way, do you know why my question was deleted by the admin? Any violation of rule?
Yes. thanks.
by the way, do you know why my question was deleted by the admin? Any violation of rule?
You probably violated copyright laws: you posted a question from a CFA Institute publication without their permission.
The administration here is very careful to remove anything that might violate copyright laws, as they should be.