Yea, but you know what a lot of these studies fail to grasp that the WSB exposed? The human factor. Namely, predatory humans. Yes, a lot of the companies who g

Yea, but you know what a lot of these studies fail to grasp that the WSB exposed? The human factor. Namely, predatory humans. Yes, a lot of the companies who get heavily shorted stumbled. But then, to guarantee a profit, the shorting hedge funds knee cap the company. Then they short them again and again. The current fiasco also shows the widespread influence these firms have to enact their will on the market. If you look at the stock market as independent number generator, you'll always use statistics to explain what's going on. If you realize there are humans behind those numbers, you see it more like a crime scene rather than a math problem.