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Re:The stockmarket is now run by computers, algorithms and p... by johnbrodie on Monday October 14, 2019 @11:19AM (#21249211)
Penny stocks are usually traded OTC and aren't in any index fund I've seen anyway.

Picking losers is just as hard as picking winners. If you think you know of a loser, just short it. You'll be hard-pressed though, because other people, likely with more info than you, have already done this, and the price has already come down.

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Re:The stockmarket is now run by computers, algorithms and p... by perl4ever on Monday October 14, 2019 @05:52PM (#21253280)
Why do you think shorting a stock is (uniformly) just as easy as going long? I don't know where you people get the idea it's symmetric. And the difficulty of shorting a stock varies massively from one company to another, which is a not irrelevant aspect of it. You can't (legally) print unlimited shares yourself to sell short.
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