Blaming short sellers is misguided. European countries have banned short selling, but their markets continue to fall.
On Tuesday, France, Italy and Belgium said they would ban short selling for the day. Spain went further: The Spanish regulator on Monday said its ban for all Spanish stocks would last for a month, and maybe longer. The regulator said the action has been taken "due to the extreme volatility taking hold of European securities markets ... and the risk of disorderly trading taking place in the following weeks.
Another fallacy: Short selling is somehow overwhelming the U.S. markets. Again, not true, says Dusaniwsky. That sounds like a lot, but it isn't: Dusaniwsky estimates there has been nearly $10 trillion worth of stock that has been traded in March in the U.S. markets, so the amount of new shorts created and indeed the total short interest is a tiny portion of trading activity.
It's obvious: A large part of the trading community has reduced the size of their positions. A lot of people have been rushing for the exits, with not a lot of buyers.
Short sellers are the best
Blame Obama!
Interesting theory proposed. The highly leveraged hedge funds (10 to 12 times assets) are having to sell to cover calls on their loans. Sort of a cascade effect.
Short sellers aren’t at fault. The entire economy is going down. Its because of everyone. Us customers not buying, no revenue happening for the companies, trust being dwindled, investors losses who have to end up selling. Don’t blame it on someone. Invest in the right time
CNBC lost its credibility with this Stipid Comment! Whomever wrote this should be fired immediately! Short sellers cause panic by creating dooms day scenarios on media outlets. Go read how Cramer used to use Pisani for his Short Positions. Embarrassing for CNBC!
Getting rid of short sellers reduces liquidity in the market and hence make them drop faster and steeper... the dark side, but nevertheless part of the force
Learn to make money both ways u jerk offs
Yes I’m blaming SHORTSELLERS. Everyone of them are saying today and everyday for the past 3 weeks “there’s blood in the water. Let’s kill somebody”. Spare me on all your bullshit. shortselling StockMarketCrash2020 stockmarketcrash StockMarket stocks
If short selling is not behind it, what is the harm on banning it for a few weeks, the only sellers should be people who hold the investment, not people and machines trying to exploit a difficult time.
As says a short-seller who is now buying a yacht from the money he made from my retirement.
ken_crichlow I will blame short sellers, margin buyers, and put buyers all I want. I read Ray Dirks when I was 16.
Never forget...selling short is a contract to repurchase....like the specialists of old. Supports markets Still... reinstate the uptick rule to slow volitility.... Ya know....the guys that borrow 10+ x to speculate on a catch-phrase.
Did the deep state write this?
Nope I dont blame them.
Best investment advice is Twitter comments haha
This is the biggest joke article in history. You act like these short sellers just take their positions and are quite about them. These short sellers are actively spreading fear right now. jimcramer
Just sell since it’s only going to get worse and even if a year from now if they find a solid fix for CoVid-19 the unemployment and public mentality will take another year to even have a chance to recover. Crony capitalism and their greed and bubbles have barely started popping
Start blaming Trump. He's complete and total lack of leadership and crisis management has freaked the markets and investors! We must vote him out in Nov before he does more damage!
They are the devil.
Did a short seller write this?