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It won't be realistic to short FB in the first few weeks. Shorting is dependent on someone lending you shares, and that will cost some absurd fees in the immedi
by CyrusL 14y ago
It won't be realistic to short FB in the first few weeks. Shorting is dependent on someone lending you shares, and that will cost some absurd fees in the immediate future.
- bdonlan 14y agoThere's always the futures market.
- gojomo 14y agoI think it takes a little while for that to get started on a new issue, also... doesn't it? Update: Per this article, the option market will start 6 days after the Facebook IPO: http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052748703964504577193180256297296.html http://online.barrons.com/article/SB500014240527487039645045... (From some long-ago memory about other IPOs, I had thought it would be weeks or even a few months.)