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Betting against a team is different from trying to rig the game. An unfortunate side effect is that it incentives hedge funds to discredit legitimate companies.
that goes both ways though, hedge funds talk their book on the long and short side The difference is that it is generally much easier to make money on the long rather than short side. Stocks generally tend to rise in value, which acts to passively eat away at the returns to shorting. And with shorting you have unlimited downside while your loss is capped with a long position So if you are shorting you are fighting gr…
Most hedge funds don't pump up their long positions... I'm not sure why, but they just don't.
Also if you buy puts you can limit your down side.