Hi
@Proga.
Not sure it is crying wolf to suggest that a legal way to make a return by lending shares to short traders is a likely outcome.
Even Warren Buffet lends to shorters in the USA.
No one will complain if the share price continues going up in fact they will love every minute of it while it occurs but if this does not occur beyond an initial spike then having the knowledge that global institutions engage in the perfectly legal wealth creation mechanism of shorting while at the same time also earning capital gains seems entirely sensible.
The only ones who would not want ordinary retail to know this is happening are those who engage in shorting.
Your argument that capital gains preclude shorting indicates a complete lack of knowledge about how it works.
Briefly An institution has 10 million shares. It lends then to you for a fee with an agreed return date of those shares say 30 days.
The person taking the shares pays the fee and immediately sells the shares for $1.20 a share. Then hopes that the price will drop significantly over that 30 day period.
If the share price drops to 90 cents they will buy back at 90 cents return these bought shares to the lender pocketing the difference between $1.20 and 90 cents less the fee paid to borrow the shares.
The institution wins both ways they get the fee and when the share appreciates they get the capital gain.
My opinion only DYOR
FF
AKIDA BALLISTA