Timeline for Why don't forced buy-ins of short sold stock happen much more frequently?
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| Dec 19, 2019 at 17:15 | comment | added | Bob Baerker | Finding stock from a different lender assumes liquidity. If there isn't any, you get a buy-in notice. | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 20:02 | comment | added | Shannon Severance | @EllieKesselman, not a different company, different lender. For every seller there is a buyer, and at large brokerage firms they will have many people buying as well as selling. So if A sells KO and B buys KO, the brokerage can change from borrowing A's KO shares to borrowing B's KO shares. (Roughly) | |
| Apr 1, 2015 at 8:11 | history | edited | michaelb | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Clarifying 'other stock'
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| Mar 29, 2015 at 9:12 | comment | added | Ellie K | Could you explain in more detail how this specifically answers the question? Finding stock in a different company to lend isn't a solution. | |
| Mar 29, 2015 at 4:59 | review | First posts | |||
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| Mar 29, 2015 at 4:57 | history | answered | michaelb | CC BY-SA 3.0 |