Re:Naked shorting: The curious incident of the shares that d...
by bhk on Sunday January 31, 2021 @11:14PM
(#25985459)
> If you gave your stock to someone to facilitate a short you lose your voting rights...
Individuals do not loan stock for shorting, generally. But they do sometimes have margin accounts (for unrelated reasons), and this allows the broker to loan their shares out without their knowledge. In this case, they retain a fraction or none of their voting rights, I presume?
Individuals do not loan stock for shorting, generally. But they do sometimes have margin accounts (for unrelated reasons), and this allows the broker to loan their shares out without their knowledge. In this case, they retain a fraction or none of their voting rights, I presume?