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Re:GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine by vpribish on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @09:22PM (#25937311)
yes for hedge funds. some market-making entities are legitimately allowed to be short without borrowing, but is it absolutely not just any random hedge fund!
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Re:GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine by delaaxe on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @09:37PM (#25937424)
Isn't it the opposite of what parent is saying, that market makers are allowed to do naked short selling for "liquidity purposes" but hedge funds I'm not so sure
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Re:GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine by Thorrez on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @11:40PM (#25938256)
>Isn't it the opposite of what parent is saying

Yes. vpribish is saying that chovybizzass is wrong.

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