Banter and general comments, page-20745

hi Koala, just to your point one-in Australia there is typically no time limit on the return of borrowed shares. Obviously the borrower keeps paying interest or a fee while the shares are out on loan but if the borrower is happy to pay they don’t have to cover until they want to. If the company has good liquidity (a high number of shares traded per day or per week) like CXO does then the risk of not closing is lowered. That’s why companies with little share movements are not usually shorted as closing out can be difficult and very risky.