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Good point. Maybe they will learn something?


Not a chance. The human mind generally isn't built to correctly assess the impact of unlikely, catastrophic events. Maybe they'll steer clear of excessive short selling for a while, but you can be sure they'll forget it eventually. In the meantime, they'll find some other pitfall to step in.


Well, I can't imagine we'll see any stocks shorted to 128% for a very long time. Probably not much else




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