I've always been interested in this question of wether a firm like Merrill Lynch can simply recommend to sell a security it is short, or have the public buy a security, so it can get out of its long positions. That's a printing press for money. I guess you can do that. Mark Cuban just printed a six-figure amount in a few hours this morning.
His site has talked about him being short this (and other) stocks for the last few months. UTK comes out w/ earnings, Cuban's site comments on it and bang! I didn't get short when I read the article 2 months ago, but obviously I wish i did.
I know my language om some of these posts are not as good, but I agree, poor choice of words, and I will definitely make a better effort to watch my language too.