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Re: johnnyribcage post# 52190

Saturday, 10/03/2009 6:50:54 AM

Saturday, October 03, 2009 6:50:54 AM

Post# of 111729
FTDs

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Thank you el_loco for your insightful and hilarious link.
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Your welcome! I hoped it would tickle Johnny's rib cage... or at least someone's...

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Two things, first I was looking for a quick basic answer on whether it's something to be concerned about really, which I thought was the point of a bulletin board.
Second, what exactly is a "google"?
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Ahhhh, whether an FTD is something to be concerned about? That seems to be a different question then the one you actually asked. Anyway, the short answer is No, they can happen for a variety of legitimate reasons. The longer answer is Maybe, if a large number of short sellers have managed to convince some brokerage house to short a large amount of the stock for them without actually borrowing the shares from anyone (this is called a naked short). I tend to consider this a very rare thing and am not generally predisposed to believe naked shorting is occurring to a particular stock without copious amounts of evidence.

As to your second question a google is either a very large number or the transformation of the trademarked name of a very popular Internet search engine into a verb thus creating a slang term for doing an Internet search and eroding the trademark. This is a relatively common occurrence in North American pop culture.