Canopy Growth Corp T.WEED

Shorting

[Donwaan]

From Struthers report: There are about 18,000 US public companies and there is on average $135 billion per day in short selling.That is a huge number! Canopy has a significant short position that could easily distort trading.

[quinlash]

Shorting is a reality in the market, just about any stock you look at has some amount of a short position on it.  Not too sure if it was Fintel or MarketBeat Summary I was looking at during my research recently but it was noted that the level of Shorting on Canopy Growth shares is "Healthy".   I would have to guess that is realitive to peers within the sector or relative

[BearBull007]

It is claimed that one of the purposes of shorting is to provide liquidity (research this). So shorting will never go away. The question is, what is an acceptable level for shorting given the naked shorting that occurs with some stocks.

[1oldguy1]

infinite naked shorting is the order of the day .

[dothemathpeople]

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[dothemathpeople]

It will go away, particularly naked shorting, when they mandate that it is illegal.  THAT day will come soon, as the conversation among regulators is ongoing.  No more naked shorts; soon come.  Having said that, shorting is not why WEED is a penny stock.  Weeds consistently pathetic bottom line, financials, and countless failures as an operating company, have done that.  

[geodcan]

Marketmakers, bankers and brokers have tweaked shortselling to a very profitable way of lining their pockets. I am in your corner in regards to shortselling and think it needs to be outlawed because originally the marketmakers were supposed to clean up the odd share lots and such but have elevated it market manipulation and loan sharking for those investors who borrow stock for an administration