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Originally posted by paddling:
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I didn't think that shorters actually own the stock they are shorting - don't they borrow it, sell it (short sell), then look to buy it back cheaper (covering) before returning it to the beneficial owner? Regal run a long-short fund, so some stocks they are long on, some short, but I would have thought that the only ones that would show up in a Regal ownership notice would be the ones they actually owned - i.e. are long on. Unless I am mistaken?
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I think Regal often buy stocks to own long but then loan them out for others to short. That's been my experience elsewhere.
