are retail investors or traders permitted to naked short a stock? Who is permitted to naked short a stock assuming there has been no suspension of this practice. following the sec suspension of naked shorting post june 2008 did other nations follw this practice if no why if so list a few

Answer 1

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/nakedshorting.asp#axzz1wO2Aejox

http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/19/news/economy/naked_short_selling_wtf/index.htm