otherme32

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   by otherme32 9y ago

   Kostolany became rich shorting. He wrote the worst of being a short-seller is that you are earning a lot of money while all your friends are losing it. You have to keep a low profile because everyone looks at you as the cause of their loses
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   by otherme32 9y ago

   3. 1 month passes. The stock goes up. You HAVE to buy the same amount of stock, but for $150. You HAVE to return the stock to the person you borrowed it from. You lost $50 per stock.
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   by otherme32 9y ago

   It seems to me a pretty mild security flaw one that requires local root privileges or even reflashing the BIOS to be exploited. I cannot think of a real world scenario where this can be a problem.