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<div>In finance, "'''long'''" or '''long position''' means the buying of a [[Security (finance)|security]] such as a stock, commodity or currency, with the expectation that the asset will rise in value. In the context of [[Option (finance)|option]]s, it means the buying of an options contract.<br />
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"Long" is the opposite of "[[Short (finance)|short]]" (or short position).<ref name="Investopedia_Short_Def">[http://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/long.asp "Long (or Long Position)"], ''Investopedia'', referenced 2011-11-17.</ref><br />
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<div>In finance, a '''security''' is an instrument representing ownership (stocks), a debt agreement (bonds) or the rights to ownership ([[derivative]]s). A security is essentially a contract that can be assigned a value and traded.<br />
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Examples of a security include a note, [[stock]], preferred [[share]], [[bond]], [[debenture]], [[option]], [[future (finance)|future]], [[swap]], right, warrant, or virtually any other financial asset.<ref name="Investopedia_Security_Def">[http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/security.asp "Security Definition"], ''Investopedia'', referenced 2011-11-17.</ref><br />
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