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Strategies & Market Trends : Guidance and Visibility
AAPL 272.55-0.1%Nov 14 3:59 PM EST

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To: golfnut777 who wrote (17692)9/21/2001 4:46:24 PM
From: quasi-geezer  Read Replies (1) of 208838
 
<< I can't imagine being on margin in this environment but if
everyone was on a cash basis then no shares would be available to short right ? >>

your shares don't have to be on margin, as long as your share is in a margin account, the brokers can lend it out to short sellers
someone might have a margin account and never use margin ...
if you want to bet that a stock will go down, you can also buy puts ...
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