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Are the Shorts Wrong About MAKO?

By Dave Williamson - Dec 11, 2012 at 6:30PM

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NASDAQ: MAKO.DL

MAKO Surgical Corp.

MAKO Surgical is the sixth most short-sold health-care stock on the market.

MAKO Surgical (MAKO.DL) is the surgical-robot company that many thought might become the next Intuitive Surgical (ISRG -0.83%). However, two terrible quarters to start the year hammered shares price and investor confidence. In this video, Motley Fool health-care analyst David Williamson tells us what the upside for MAKO might be and whether he thinks the short-sellers are right.

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