Multiple lending? Huh?!
Do you know what your broker is doing with your shares?
December 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Tags: Credit Crisis · Short Selling
Shorts should pre-borrow shares to end abusive shorting
June 5th, 2009 · Comments Off on Shorts should pre-borrow shares to end abusive shorting
A curiously argued article, it starts off well, but then loses it’s way, just as the SEC…
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Possible measures curbing short selling
April 8th, 2009 · Comments Off on Possible measures curbing short selling
And here are the measures that are discussed today by the SEC on further curbing naked short selling..
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Short Squeeze
April 8th, 2009 · Comments Off on Short Squeeze
Although some basically deny its existence, but the figures are heavily against them. Finally the SEC seems to be stepping up the plate..
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Implicating abusive naked shorting in the financial crisis
March 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
The evidence increases that naked shorting has played at least some role in the market fall last year. Four our featured company, InterOil, this is also very important, because it has been on the receiving end of this as well…
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A come-uppance of sorts. The mother of all short squeezes
October 31st, 2008 · Comments Off on A come-uppance of sorts. The mother of all short squeezes
The tables are turned, for once. Could be the mother of all short-squeezes. The crying wolf of the victims is especially noteworthy. Shorting, by legal or illegal means, can really create havoc on companies, some examples: AIG (according to Jim Cramer) Morgan Stanley (according to Mark Mitchell) STT (according to Jim Cramer) InterOil (figures from […]
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The Attack on Morgan Stanley
October 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments
We’ve argued before that the SEC is completely useless in stopping naked short-selling, even if it is at least partly responsible for the troubles of the financial system.
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The End of Naked-Short-Selling?
October 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Will the amended rule 204T once and for all kill the nefarious practice of naked short-selling? Well.. at least the SEC admits there is a huge problem, that’s a start. The jury is out whether the new “interim final temporary rule” will work and the persistent problem of large quantities of undelivered shares will be […]
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Breaking the short capital destruction cycle
October 15th, 2008 · Comments Off on Breaking the short capital destruction cycle
Jim Cramer knows how to play the game, he was one of the hedge fund managers. He also knows how to stop them. The (originally British) plan goes beyond restoring confidence in banks, it also breaks some very nasty practices the shorts have played against financial institutions.
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Another take on the scam that calls itself the ‘SEC’
October 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on Another take on the scam that calls itself the ‘SEC’
The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) is there to watch over us so that we can feel safe to invest in the financial markets. It does nothing of the sort. We are really starting to wonder, when are American investors (and abroad) start to wake up to this reality??
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