> afaik, TSLA is pretty easy to short because it is owned by so many retail investors...
i didn't think retail investor held stock was normally loaned out. in fact, i thought it was only loaned when you had it in a margin account, and had gone negative?
whereas the big index funds report how much extra they earn by loaning out stocks.
(probably hand-waving over terminology. apologies.)
Nope. The exact case is going to depend on your situation (some brokers have stock loan programs, some put you in these programs automatically, some don't). But yes, it is easy to borrow shares with more retail investors (I think the borrow for Tesla is like 2% or something).
i didn't think retail investor held stock was normally loaned out. in fact, i thought it was only loaned when you had it in a margin account, and had gone negative?
whereas the big index funds report how much extra they earn by loaning out stocks.
(probably hand-waving over terminology. apologies.)