RE:New directionMakeitback...let me tell you why the stock is being shorted. Its because they believe the stock is overvalued and the will continue falling! It's that simple. To state that the shorts are holding down the share price for a possible buyout is absolutely ludicrous. Dont even know how to reply to your statement that "shorts dont care is they lose some money" Seriously?? Trust me when I say shorts (I was one who successfully shorted NFG) do care about losing money. What I find bizarre is looking at those long the stock who continue to take on substantial losses year after year (havent any of you ever heard of placing a stop loss)?