I know that there are those that defend shorting, but I think what we are seeing now is ABUSE of the practice. I really suspect that there is more naked and illegal shorting of stocks than the market would like to admit.
I also suspect that some of this abuse has been done in a conscious attempt to harm the economy, but most of it is pure greed.
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