RE: Shorting Shares13 Mar 2024 16:52
Signed and shared. Shorting of British shares was temporarily suspended by the LSE after the 2012 financial crisis because it can literally derail and otherwise sound business because seeing 5%-10% of its stock sold short is enough to crush its credibility, and cause it to suffer a stampede of capital flight that is frequently terminal. Ban it altogether and the biggest winners will be the small-caps, who are, after all, the mega corporations of the future providing wealth, employment, social stability for everyone. We should look further ahead for profits on our investments and reject the shameful, casino-like, get rich quick schemeing and misdirection of some to mug other, honest, investers of their money without compunction or shame. We should put a final and welcome end to shorting