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What Purpose Do Short Sellers Really Play?

In this segment of today's "Where The Money Is", Motley Fool's energy analysts discuss the latest energy sector tweets.

By Joel South and Taylor Muckerman – Jun 27, 2014 at 4:42PM EST

Today's Twitter segment of "Where The Money Is" answers a tweet from Bloomberg News, which calls short-sellers "self-serving, nutty and often right." 

Short selling can be terrifying -- in theory, you can lose a literally infinite amount of capital. But short sellers serve a valuable function in the market, correcting for irrational exuberance and keeping stocks priced reasonably. 

In the following video, Motley Fool energy analysts Taylor Muckerman and Joel South discuss this tweet, and two of the most heavily shorted stocks in the solar sector -- SunPower (SPWR +0.00%) and SolarCity (SCTY +0.00%).

 

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About the Author

Joel is a University of Washington graduate and covers energy and materials for The Motley Fool. Be sure to follow The Motley Fool's energy and materials Twitter for all your energy and materials coverage. Follow @tmfenergy

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