Recent Content by bidrec

  1. Vonage

    Well, it's been about a month since the Vonage IPO and the [limited] statistics for last month's securities lending are out. Somebody was...
    Post by: bidrec, Jun 29, 2006 in forum: Stocks

  2. Vonage

    I think the question is, if you are going to borrow the shares, where are you going to get them from? Since it is an IPO there ought not be any...
    Post by: bidrec, Jun 9, 2006 in forum: Stocks

  3. Vonage

    NYSE Probes Whether Short Sellers Fueled Steep Decline in Vonage Shares June 9, 2006; Page C1 Securities regulators have launched an...
    Post by: bidrec, Jun 9, 2006 in forum: Stocks

  4. Will regulation SHO last?

    I think they will start to phase it out on October 1st when it will be theoretically possible to track all of the institutional securities lending...
    Post by: bidrec, Jun 9, 2006 in forum: Trading

  5. Vonage

    Loufah, The record (that I know of) is WILT (Wilt Chamberlain's chain of restaurants, there was one restaurant). I believe it was pulled three...
    Post by: bidrec, May 25, 2006 in forum: Stocks

  6. Vonage

    Ebo, I would like to believe you. Your links (a link with another link) is almost six years old. Modern securities lending has really...
    Post by: bidrec, May 24, 2006 in forum: Stocks

  7. Vonage

    empee, I could be wrong here but I believe the sellers are hedge funds. They sell stock that they borrow. They sell the stock on the ECN's...
    Post by: bidrec, May 24, 2006 in forum: Stocks