Great question. A BusinessWorld article on Monday of last week titled, “PSE: Short selling progress hinges on market recovery” [link], started a great deal of discussion online, and prompted a flurry of emails and DMs from traders and investors all asking variants of the same question: Can we short-sell yet? Let’s talk about it. > First, the article: BusinessWorld started by noting the “slow progress” of the PSE’s “short selling product”, and quoted PSE President Ramon Monzon as saying that he’s “not worried”, adding that “as long as the short selling capability is there, that is the most important thing.” Mr. Monzon went on to say that short selling was “really to target the foreign investors so that when the emerging market or the Philippine economy loses favor, instead of selling out, they can hedge.” As for why there have been zero short trades since the product was launched three months ago, Mr.