RE: SUPR & Blackrock16 Dec 2024 07:20
"For shareholders if shares are purchased just to lend this becomes a zero sum gain for the shareholders and the same when the short is closed"
Not really. If the price falls then Blackrock will get the stock back when the short closes at a lower price, hence a loss at that time (but compensated by the lending fees). So Blackrock must think there's a profit in this for them, if this is indeed their motive.
GLA