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Short selling is older than the SEC.
by kgwgk 6y ago
Short selling is older than the SEC.
- cardiffspaceman 6y agoTrue. All this stuff was old-hat when the Tulip Mania "ended" in the 17th Century. There is even a tale about olive presses that reads a little like a futures contract's lifetime [1]. [1] https://www.thestreet.com/opinion/a-brief-history-of-stock-options-10595277 https://www.thestreet.com/opinion/a-brief-history-of-stock-o...