Although i've been pretty good about identifying short candidates (e.g. housing) have been too much of a chicken to stay short for long. Usually the first uptick and i'm gone.
Missed out on a lot of money that way. Oh, well.
Never actually shorted a div stock to my recollection. I think I heard about having to pay the div from my boroker when asked about it...
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