The Positive Contribution of Short Sellers

This week the President, Tom Farley, from NYSE Group Inc said short selling "feels kind of icky and Un-American"

It's "un-American" to short?! I'd say it's more un-American to rig the markets so that no one can catch fraud. https://t.co/d2lrFukZ1k

— Bethany McLean (@bethanymac12) June 28, 2017

Famed Short Seller Carson Block, founder of Muddy Waters Capital, was interviewed by Bloomberg later this week and took issue with Farley's comments.


Here is a  May 22, 2003 Presentation by David Rocker to the House of Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprise titled: 

"The Long and Short of Hedge Funds:  Effects of Strategies for Managing Market Risk" 

Included in the above link: 
March 1999 Barron's:"A CROWDED TRADE"
February 2001 Barron's: "Fantasy Accounting"

Short Seller Carson Block Fires Back at NYSE's ‘Un-American’ Jab -https://t.co/CVki1m9feq

— Mae 🔍 (@NCMae) June 30, 2017