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Then short the stock. Long-term put options. What could go wrong?

• pjc50 10y ago
  You're probably being sarcastic, but we just had the other day the problem with shorting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12294193 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12294193
  • melling 10y ago
    Investors short all the time. Your comment seems to be irrelevant to the discussion. How about this famous short? Soros made a billion dollars. https://priceonomics.com/the-trade-of-the-century-when-george-soros-broke/ https://priceonomics.com/the-trade-of-the-century-when-georg... Did you see/read "The Big Short?" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Short_(film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Short_(film)