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Re: kgm post# 13288

Thursday, 02/03/2011 3:02:02 AM

Thursday, February 03, 2011 3:02:02 AM

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Shorting increases the effective size of the public float.

Think of it this way, when you short a share you borrow a share from a current long and sell it someone else. Therefore, both of those longs are currently long the same share of stock, you have just created another 'share'.
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