Shorting Can someone with a legitimate finacial background give me an explanation why any securities regulator allow shorting to happen? Seems to be counterintuitive to supporting economic growth by allowing "shorters to take out any type of momentum in a stock trying to gain back the losses shorters benefited from. To put it another way, is there any benefit to economic growth when shorting is allowed/promoted in this environment? Not a communist, I just get frustrated by what appears to be clear manipulation.