That’s not how the stock market works lol. When any people who shorted the market gain money, they are doing so because the retirement funds increased after they bought shares.
Unless your retirement fund was actively selling shares when the prices went down, which would have been a stupid thing to do, when the market rebounded the retirement funds value rebounded.
That’s not how the stock market works lol. When any people who shorted the market gain money, they are doing so because the retirement funds increased after they bought shares.
That’s not how the stockmarket works, lol.
Here’s a short short about shorting.
https://www.sofi.com/learn/content/shorting-a-stock-explained/
Unless your retirement fund was actively selling shares when the prices went down, which would have been a stupid thing to do, when the market rebounded the retirement funds value rebounded.