RE: Make shorting illegal petition sign up25 Oct 2021 15:38
I have signed the petition, but I am not hopeful it will change anything. We have a government who believes in personal and commercial freedoms and is antipathetic to regulation. Shorting is a shady (and potentially damaging) practice, but at the end of the day there are worse things going on in business. People are free to buy and sell whatever stocks they want, and part of that is being able to lend / borrow stocks for liquidity or whatever reasons. Can't see it being legislated against.