Cleveland Cliffs Inc (CLF)

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That's a myth - placing a sell order on stock at a high price does not prevent it from being loaned by your broker if the stock is held in a margin account - the fine print says they can loan out ANY stock in your margin account without getting your permission. If you own stock in a cash-only account, your shares cannot be loaned w/o your permission, and you will also get part of the interest the shorts pay to borrow your shares. In any case, whatever retailers do doesn't really matter - most shorted shares are borrowed from institutions, who are more than happy to take that interest, it's free money for them.