Title. It occurred to me that despite not wanting to support musk or some other American businesses because of their recent change in policies, I’m still holding a stake in those companies.

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      1 year ago

      I’m not sure that works. I was under the impression that shorts were fixed-term contracts and the index funds holdings are longs.

      You can’t “borrow” somebody’s long and sell it and then just… not return it. You are also (IIRC) paying a premium to be able to borrow the stock to sell.