Anecdotal evidence from the German population suggests that whinging is on the agenda, without any obvious plan of action. “Germany works, while the rest of Europe parties” is the phrase on everyone’s lips.
May 22nd, 2010 | Nickolai Hubble | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "short selling"
Banning Short Selling Does Not Improve Quality of Sovereign Debt
But that it’s a good investment idea…well that is another matter entirely. And politicians who are blaming euro bond weakness on short sellers are looking for a villain that is not them. It’s a confusion of cause and effect, like blaming the buzzards for the death of the corpse. It does buy them time though, in the blame game.
May 19th, 2010 | Dan Denning | 9 comments | Continued
Metals Manipulation, Machinations, and Assassinations
Every now and again, something comes up that is so curious it just needs to be mentioned, regardless of how paranoid it makes us look. The emerging scandal over manipulation of the silver market is one of those things. Some have said it is the largest fraud in history.
April 16th, 2010 | Nickolai Hubble | 29 comments | Continued
What is Short Selling?
I know short selling sounds complicated, but it isn’t. In fact, there isn’t a lot of difference between short selling and buying shares. If there is one big difference it’s this: when you sell a stock short you are SELLING the stock first and BUYING it second. This is the opposite of a normal share transaction where you are BUYING the stock first and SELLING it second.
January 26th, 2010 | Murray Dawes | 19 comments | Continued
Short-selling of Financial Stocks
“Unbridled short selling is contributing to the recent, sudden price declines in the securities of financial institutions, unrelated to true price valuation,” said SEC chairman Christopher Cox…
November 27th, 2009 | Adrian Ash | 0 comments | Continued
To Save the Consumer We Must First Destroy Him
Thank goodness for Wal-Mart. After Aussie stocks fell over six percent yesterday (the ASX/200) to four-year lows, Wall Street sprung into action overnight. America’s largest discount retailer reported a 10% rise in third quarter profits. It also revised down its expectations for 2008 year-end earnings. The stock was up 4.4%. Wal-Mart’s current marketing slogan, by the way, is “Save Money. Live better.”
November 14th, 2008 | Dan Denning | 5 comments | Continued
Nervous Investors ‘Short’ the Market By Buying Commodities
Well that didn’t work out at all. Investors had a full weekend to think about the details of the worldwide plan to save markets. And then they became terrified. They sold shares and bought commodities. It shouldn’t be that surprising. And perhaps it wasn’t terror. Maybe it was just plain old common sense. You can’t short stocks anymore in some places. But you can buy commodities!
September 23rd, 2008 | Dan Denning | 2 comments | Continued
Short Selling Ban May Kick Off Market Liquidation
The ASX delayed its opening this morning so that ASIC could clarify its new policy on short selling to market participants. That policy changed twice over the weekend. First, ASIC joined the U.K. and the U.S. in banning naked short selling. It didn’t stop there. Whereas the U.S. has banned short selling of any kind on financial stocks to halt the collapse in share prices, ASIC put a blanket ban on shorting of all Aussie shares, full stop. The policy goal is obvious: halt falling share prices by shooting the bears in the head.
September 22nd, 2008 | Dan Denning | 8 comments | Continued
