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Strategies & Market Trends : Roger's 1998 Short Picks

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To: Alec Epting who wrote (10607)6/26/1998 9:03:00 AM
From: John Hunt  Read Replies (2) of 18691
 
<< how a stock could have more shares shorted than are in the float >>

Alec,

When you borrow stock to short it and someone buys it in a margin account, nothing stops someone else from borrowing the shares again from the person you sold it to.

Kinda 'virtual shares' .... A house of cards maybe?

John

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