-- Business confidence has been badly damaged by the activities of the shorts. --
Are you sure. In the last few years there have been an awlful lot of people dreaming of pie in the sky and looking for a free lunch. Has not their confidence been shattered when their delusions have been hit by reality.
Interesting thing about lies. They cause stupidity. A casual observer can see that an immense amout of lies in the last few years has caused an incredible amount of stupidity. Only turth can bring sanity.
Business confidence has been badly damaged by inflated earnings numbers and missed top-line revenue by America's corporations and has nothing to do with the "shorts."
limtex....thats just the sign of ignorance when you mention short selling as "undermining the confidence in the country's economy". Please....everyone is entitled to his/her opinion but you're not gonna get any sort of intellectual or rational support for such a statement. Buying and "selling" is just part of the game...