LETTER: Outlaw short selling
Regulators ought to introduce more discipline in stock market activities
01 February 2021 - 15:48
Your editorial refers (“This is a financial riot (../../editorials/2021-02-01-editorial-this-is-a-financial-riot/)”, February 1). It is ironic that the Wall Street establishment and mainstream media should accuse retail traders, who caused the squeeze on short-sellers of GameStop stock, of treating the stock market like a casino.
Short-selling is not only in itself inherently speculative but has so often in the past been abused by people with insider knowledge. ..
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