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Disaffected

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13. One reform needed is curbs, or elimination of,

Reply to Sympthsical (Original post)

Thu Jan 28, 2021, 07:39 PM

Jan 2021

short selling and, especially "naked" short selling.

I'm not aware of any redeeming features these practices have for the economy or finance in general. They only seem to exist so entities like hedge funds can game and manipulate the stock markets. One result is struggling companies might be driven out of business when they may otherwise recover.

What useful purpose do they serve??

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The Biden administration is about to face a fundamental test of values within days [View all] Sympthsical Jan 2021 OP

Sheldon Whitehouse says there will be an investigation Thekaspervote Jan 2021 #1

Of whom? Sympthsical Jan 2021 #4

Sherrod Brown Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #19

Good, I'm with him and AOC. elleng Jan 2021 #6

K n R Glamrock Jan 2021 #2

They're gonna get bailed out, can't let those poor billionaire hedgefunds go broke ansible Jan 2021 #3

The money that everyone is playing around with MyNameGoesHere Jan 2021 #5

Two wrongs don't make a right frazzled Jan 2021 #7

Why shouldn't regular people be able to play the game? BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2021 #10

And where was the will to act in '08 and beyond? Sympthsical Jan 2021 #12

but the thing that drove the stock up was the short sellers fishwax Jan 2021 #16

Why shouldn't regular people play that game. They are only doing what the Hedgers do. Demsrule86 Jan 2021 #17

Maybe the time has come to create a market DeminPennswoods Jan 2021 #8

Absolutely agreed FakeNoose Jan 2021 #11

Investopedia has a great simulation The Mouth Jan 2021 #20

I hope there is an investigation and there should be a stop to short trading, it is the real problem Bev54 Jan 2021 #9

One reform needed is curbs, or elimination of, Disaffected Jan 2021 #13

My question is, where were the regulators? Sympthsical Jan 2021 #14

The regulators seem to have been missing Disaffected Jan 2021 #15

Billionaires weren't losing money. Once they did, we bailed them out Sympthsical Jan 2021 #18

Short sellers suck The Mouth Jan 2021 #21