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Re: dicer666 post# 76642

Monday, 05/07/2007 8:55:44 PM

Monday, May 07, 2007 8:55:44 PM

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No one can legally naked short EXCEPT for MMs. They are specifically exempted from locating a borrow before shorting when creating a bona-fide market. If they weren't allowed to do this, a lot of stocks would barely trade and would be pretty volatile.



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