Demand for US index funds sinks shorts.

https://www.ft.com/content/094ebfb0-bbd8-42c4-9e93-0116d1f896de

“Activist short selling, which involves researching companies and publishing reports, was the only way to consistently make money betting against stocks these days”

There is a vast amount of global cash hoping for an ai crash. So they can buy. This was always a worry with index funds.