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Why is shorting even a thing? You're literally selling shares of something you don't even own. It's voodoo. If you don't have faith in a stock, then just don't invest in it, or better yet, invest in a competitor. Simple as.

>> No.27556456

Provides liquidity and people who don’t own the stock can contribute to determine the fair price of the stock if they think the company is going to shit.

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>>27556272
>what is shorting

>> No.27556623

>>27556272
for someone who posts Fred Rogers you sure do lack imagination

>> No.27557000

The fuckery of Enron wouldn’t have been discovered without shorting. It provides incentives to find holes in companies. Like everything though jews don’t want a gentlemen’s game and abuse the shit out of things.