RE: Can anyone6 Mar 2025 14:59
Simple Example !
A company has 1000,000 shares in issue. 500,000 of them are held by normal share holders at £1 a share. A firm like say Heilken come along & borrow the 500,000 that are left & sell them straight away for £1.
This halves the value of your shares from £1 to 50p. Heilken then buy them back for 50p making them £250,000 profit, because they originally borrowed & sold them for £1.