>It's not supposed to be possible to go over 100% any more since 2008, by the way.
This is fundamentally untrue.
Abusive naked shorting with the goal of driving down prices is illegal. >100% short interest doesn’t require naked shorting at all.
If person A borrows a stock from person B then sells it to person C, they can borrow the stock back from person C and sell it again. No naked short involved.
This is fundamentally untrue.
Abusive naked shorting with the goal of driving down prices is illegal. >100% short interest doesn’t require naked shorting at all.
If person A borrows a stock from person B then sells it to person C, they can borrow the stock back from person C and sell it again. No naked short involved.