RE:short selling Gave it a read. My favorite comment:
“Short selling is simply selling stock you don’t have.
You borrow stock from someone (who likely doesn’t know you’re borrowing it), sell it, and hope that the stock goes down so you can buy it back at a cheaper price.”
To put that into context, it’s like saying:
You go away for vacation.
While you’re away, a stranger rents your house out on Airbnb without your knowledge.
You come home only to find your house is trashed – and now worth less than it was before.
You lose money on your house, but the stranger legally made money renting your house out.
Absurd. Makes no sense whatsoever...