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by Ivoirians 1967 days ago
Your comment is not a gotcha. She'd clearly prefer that stock trading not be frozen at all. Freezing purchases but not sales is a gift to short sellers because retail investors can only lower the price, which will induce more people to panic sell.
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So the hypothetical broker that had frozen both would be less worth of investigation?