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Re:Nikola: How to Parlay an Ocean of Lies into a Partnership... by alain94040 on Thursday September 10, 2020 @07:17PM (#24437605)
Because, to simplify, shorts are hoping for people to fail, while longs are hoping for people to succeed.
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Re:Nikola: How to Parlay an Ocean of Lies into a Partnership... by ra7 on Thursday September 10, 2020 @08:33PM (#24438055)
What both shorts and longs are hoping for are profits on their investment. I doubt either really cares about businesses/people succeeding or failing.

If you promise a bunch of long holders that a particular short trade is guaranteed to make profit, would they not take it out of concern for people?

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