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Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
AMZN 248.41+1.6%Nov 10 3:59 PM EST
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To: umbro who wrote (11786)7/26/1998 9:55:00 AM
From: marion (Hijacked)  Read Replies (1) of 164684
 
The float numbers can be deceiving. Stock that is shorted actually increases the float, because there are two longs for every short.

Example:
Investor A: Long 100 Shares Amazon at Schwab
Investor B: Shorts 100 shares at Schwab ( they borrowed from Investor A)
Investor C: Long 100 shares at Schwab ( He bought the 100 shares that were sold from investor B)

So we have 200 shares long and 100 shares short from the above 100 shares.
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