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markessien
on Jan 9, 2009
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A “short squeeze” sounds innocuous enough...
A company sells 1000 shares. All get sold. Any further rrselling of those shares aka the stock market does not benefit the company.
eru
on Jan 9, 2009
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At least not directly. E.g. it's easier to sell more stock or sell a bond with a healthy stock price.
Viewed another way, the stock _is_ the company.
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