When the Ratio of the Number of Shares of a Stock

question 9

True/False

When the ratio of the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by the total number of shares outstanding is 3 percent or higher, this suggests a large amount of short positions in the market, which implies that a relatively large number of investors expect the stock's price to decline.

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