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> As a holder of shares in a company for retirement, why would I want to in any way enable short sellers to artificially drive the price of those shares into th
by j_tb 5y ago
> As a holder of shares in a company for retirement, why would I want to in any way enable short sellers to artificially drive the price of those shares into the ground, or even bankrupt the company?
So you can buy more shares on sale, clearly.
- pkphilip 5y agoThat would be true IF you are the one who gets the additional shares. But that is not how it always happens
- gruez 5y agoIf the price is depressed, everyone benefits from it. If you can't benefit from it (eg. the price is depressed, the short seller sold it to some hedge fund, and the price returned to normal) then there's no impact. Which one is it?
- pkphilip 5y agoYou completely miss the fact that the company whose shares are being depressed will suffer problems raising capital if their stock prices drop
- gruez 5y ago>You completely miss the fact [...] Pay attention to the thread. While that might be a valid argument, it's not what's being discussed in this comment chain. That said, the "problems raising capital" argument has been argued enough elsewhere in this thread that I won't bother arguing it further.