[BlackRain]

However, still less than 10M shares short (as of May 5). That's awfully low.

That's is because 90% of American's don't know what 'short a stock' means. The stock market bubble also fleshed many of the daytraders out of the system.

Shorting Google is not a cheap day in the park with such a high share price and is not for the weak of heart.

However, there is gold-in-them-thar-hills when the Google bus goes over the cliff for the savy investor!

[jdm]

"That's is because 90% of American's don't know what 'short a stock' means."

I was surprised that a girl I know who just finished her third year of business school didn't know what shorting a stock meant. And meanwhile I have an associate's degree from a community college! I can't believe she's going to be a senior this fall and when I started talking about shorting all she could do was give me a blank stare.

[Moonman62]

That's is because 90% of American's don't know what 'short a stock' means.

Shorting stocks based on gut feelings is a good way to lose everthing. Potential losses are limitless. At least on the long side all you can lose is what you put in, and in an economy that's been growing for over 200 years, it's the best way to make money.