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Re:Counterfeiting Stock – Explaining illegal naked shorting ... by killerpopiller on Monday February 01, 2021 @03:41AM (#25986776)
in the second scenario, A would trade a share he doesn’t posses and B could trade the same share, no?
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Re:Counterfeiting Stock – Explaining illegal naked shorting ... by woopwoop on Monday February 01, 2021 @03:46AM (#25986809)
Are you concerned that B could sell his contractual right to have A deliver a share to someone else, so that when A is obliged to deliver a share that actually gets delivered to a third party? Why is that bad?
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