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There is history of short sellers driving businesses to bankruptcy and so yes, they do damage.

• gruez 5y ago
  >There is history of short sellers driving businesses to bankruptcy and so yes Can you list some companies?
  • peterbonney 5y ago
    Heck, can he list even one company?
    • pkphilip 5y ago
      Viragen which was working on the anti-cancer Multiferon treatment which was showing a lot of promise? https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/viragen-inc-multiferon-r-shows-potent-activity-in-preventing-the-progression-of-malignant-melanoma-study-to-be-published-/ https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/viragen-inc-multif... They were forced to shutdown by short sellers: https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2002/04/08/story1.html https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2002/04/08/... Others have managed to stay alive by the skin of their teeth: https://marker.medium.com/i-run-a-public-company-5b6347fc0b1f https://marker.medium.com/i-run-a-public-company-5b6347fc0b1...
      • djbebs 5y ago
        A company with no revenue, no profits and no cash reserves or way to borrow them? Short sellers didnt drive them to bankruptcy, they did it all by themselves.