Is shorting illogical?

[realstockaddict]

lol at this

 

[El OchoCinco]

 

[Rashid_G.]

Why would people want to sell their assets and investments in a perceived incoming recession thereby making everyone's portfolio values go down? It seems rather counterintuitive as then everyone would be worse off making the recession longer. So isn't it more logical to just hold their portfolios at their inflated values and then start buying again until economic conditions are more favorable?

This is not a socialist or communist economy.

 

[Swan Noir]

Wild thinking ... simply wild!!!

 

[murray t turtle]

Why would people want to sell their assets and investments in a perceived incoming recession thereby making everyone's portfolio values go down? It seems rather counterintuitive as then everyone would be worse off making the recession longer. So isn't it more logical to just hold their portfolios at their inflated values and then start buying again until economic conditions are more favorable?

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Actually, that may or may NOT well with an etf like SPY ,scale in , in a Roth account;
but N7, no to your question-we're NOT socialists or commies.NOT a prediction.
And good way to crash-smash if you own stocks like DAL,BSO, LEH,C.....

What happens when a 3 year bear market comes like 1929 or 2000??
+ And many mutual funds have to sell,+ cant borrow much NOR should they.

NO its not illogical, can be more helpful;
besides Art Cashin says; ''shorts help fuel the rallly'' That's the bottom line+ wisdom.....

 

[zdreg]

besides Art Cashin says; ''shorts help fuel the rallly'' That's the bottom line+ wisdom.....

if there were no shorts to maintain realistic stock prices the markets would rise to tulip mania levels. during the tulip mania one a tulip sometimes sold more than a house.
eventually the crash came.
perhaps the US government is trying to induce a stock mania to pay off its otherwise unpayable debts.