Victim of change: pure short sellers
The days of the pure short-seller seem numbered. They seem to have acquired a bad reputation because target companies are fighting back in court and launching complex anti-short public relations campaigns. There's also a recent batch of newsletters aimed at busting the shorts. By one measure, the number of short funds has dropped from 25 to 10. However, there's still a lot of shorting going on in hedge funds.
> Check out the article from MarketWatch.
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