is wm just putting the boot into the shorters, page-10

i dont think most shosrters are holding negative sentiment specifically, they're just protecting themselves against market fluctuations...

i.e. an investor may be long CDU and short SFR... he would obviously prefer that CDU went up and SFR went down, but he's just hedging his bets, so that if the market crashes, he doesnt lose his shirt, which he would had he been long both companies...

even if SFR goes up, the investor still makes money, provided CDU goes up at a quicker rate than SFR, and he's working with a lot less risk... similarly, if the market crashes and both stocks go down, he wants SFR to go down at a faster rate than CDU for his positions to be making money...

shorters are not in fact the devil, just smart investors with different strategies to minimise risk...