> However, more often than not, a broker will hand out an IOU when you "buy" a share, and then proceed to rent out the share to short sellers There are specifi

> However, more often than not, a broker will hand out an IOU when you "buy" a share, and then proceed to rent out the share to short sellers There are specific stock lending programs, but can you back up the claim that brokers are silently lending shares from the portfolio of people who did not opt in to such a program?