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Old 09-18-2008, 05:45 PM  
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Originally Posted by Sami View Post
Short selling is required to keep markets intact.

Short selling and naked short selling are entirely different.


What is now to stop say AAPL from trading at 500/share ?
Why is short selling required?

When something is too expensive people just don't buy it. They don't go and sell things they don't actually own.

Short selling is like pawning your neighbors gold chains because the price of gold has gone up.
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