Assertion: speculator | /r/CapableOf | use short sales
Facets:
value: to capitalize on a potential decline
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: To profit on falling prices, the speculator must use short sales; he will lose money if he buys the stock.
text: Speculators use short selling to capitalize on a potential decline in a specific security or across the market as a whole.
text: Rather, they might employ put and call options, futures contracts and short sales.