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SWBTATTReg

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1. Another gold rush, started by short sellers in the stock and / or debt markets. Markets haven't

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri May 5, 2023, 11:18 AM

May 2023

been really profitable, so short sellers are looking around for weak banks and/or other financial institutions and then attacking them, by shorting their stocks drastically, putting more and more pressure on these banks / institutions. Putting the short squeeze on them.

Short sellers then buy back the depressed stocks, making a handsome profit in the meantime.

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Trading halted in shares of two more US lenders as fears of banking crisis mount [View all] Eugene May 2023 OP

Another gold rush, started by short sellers in the stock and / or debt markets. Markets haven't SWBTATTReg May 2023 #1

The real problem is over a decade of free money Warpy May 2023 #2

You're both right peppertree May 2023 #3