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Non-Tech : Market Makers - What They Do and How They Do It
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To: jjs_ynot who wrote (197)3/15/1999 12:12:00 AM
From: Richard L. Williams  Read Replies (2) of 429
 
hi, Dave!
Maybe you, or somebody else, can answer me this:

When market makers go short on a stock, are they in effect expanding the float?

I own a stock that has a relatively low float. It appears to me that the MM's are seriously short the stock, perhaps as much as 50% of the float. Do the people that have bought the stock that doesn't exist really have a claim to a chunk of the company? Are the MM's playing some sort of shell game to the shareholder's detriment?

I hope to get a little illumination on this matter.

Cheers!
Rick
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