Do you know what your broker is doing with your shares?
Multiple lending? Huh?!
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…
Possible measures curbing short selling
And here are the measures that are discussed today by the SEC on further curbing naked short selling..
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..
New rules against abusive shorting in the make
A couple of articles on new rules against manipulative shorting that are in the works. The second article shows that the SEC, mulling over a reinstatement of some form of […]
Implicating abusive naked shorting in the financial crisis
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 […]
Some sensible advice from Forbes
All three are good points, but there are a couple of caveats..
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 […]
The Attack on Morgan Stanley
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.
The End of Naked-Short-Selling?
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. […]