If that was the case then why are there short position on a lot of these stocks. also when a company call facebook went public the brokers that underwrote the deal were sued because they shorted the s%&t out of the stock that drove the price down way down. since big money was involved and the investors had buddies in high places they were forced to cover and the price of the stock went back up. so to say that it is only the company fault the stock price is down does not hold water, just ask the people at overstock.com. further if you hadn't heard of them Ford stock was a victim of naked shorting too and the old US Gov had to step in and suspend all short selling of auto stocks. and that is all I have to say