CM in MA

Fear Not Yet a Factor

kimasabe--I agree with you and wpdragon. Shorts help to make a market. My point is that a market can't be considered free, open, transparent, etc. when one side is allowed to keep its cards from view. The fact that a sell order is a short sale is known by the person placing the order and the firm executing the order. This fact isn't disclosed to the buyers until well after the transaction--using the car analogy above (and it's not a perfect analogy), it would be like buying a car or house from someone and then finding out that the title isn't clear. My solution is to let the market know that the seller is short the shares. The only reason that I can think of not to do so is to provide the short seller with protection from longs. Since longs don't get such protection, why should shorts? I have nothing against shorts, I just believe the playing field should be level. If someone wants to sell shares short, go ahead. The short sellers should have the confidence of their conviction, just as longs do.