RE: Shorting Petition4 Apr 2024 09:22
Too ambiguous for me. AIM needs cleaning up but shorting does serve a purpose, it keeps a flow of cash moving in the markets. Like it or not, it keeps the punters here. Specifically, for AIM, I'd like to see regulation such as no shorting startups, less than 3 years in business. No shorting under a certain market cap, that sirt of thing. Companies float in AIM for one thing and that's cash. If the cash dries up, the companies on AIM go bust. Shorting, spreadbettng and all the other mechanisms for relieving retail punters of cash keeps the money flowing. The trick is to play the game, not ban it. I don't short by the way. Never have.