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T4P - well said.

I've been going on about this for a while now.

Shortselling distorts the market by delaying one side of the transaction - the buy.

It creates the impression there are more sellers than there actually are because the obligation to buy back is not presented to the market in real time.

When the market sentiment is negative, this can exaggerate the downturn, leading to much greater volatility removed from any fundamental relationship with the stock's business or even demand/supply.

It's a rort.