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Trust Fall

Invisibilia

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The Short Sellers Make Money if the Stock Price Drops

Short sellers bet against companies that they think are lying or cheating. They make money if the stock price drops. Matt Welch says he takes unusually great pride in ratting out these companies. He does short selling like he did bartending, meaning that he's also in it to enforce the order i talk to a lot of people who told me this.

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