[ExI] Status as human motivator

[Jones Murphy]

I've only shorted a few billion in stock(and bonds, and currencies and
a whole lot of other things) in my  ongoing trading career, Samantha.
Tell me more about why shorting only succeeds because of exact
predictions.

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at mac.com> wrote:
> On 04/27/2011 03:37 AM, Jones Murphy wrote:
>>
>> Shorting is not based on exact predictions at all. All you need to be
>> right about is that the stock goes down at some point in the future.
>> That's it.
>
> Obviously you have never shorted stock.  Read up.