I don't know how old you are, but the US might go bankrupt before you reach your retirement, more and more people are starting to see that....
You see, banning short selling is not helping at all. Any market professional knows. The SEC knows, at least, they ought to know. So why did...
I don't have a problem with a hedgefund buying 5 million shares in an illiquid stock, causing a 10% run up and then a 10% tank (ore even more),...
And btw, what people like you fail to see, Patchie, is that if FNM and FRE would have had some value, the whole tank would never have happened,...
Of course. But If i sell a million on some illiquid stock and you as a investor, use that to your advantage and pick it up cheap, I'll end up...
Not sure how all this relates to my statement that, regardless of your volume, starting flat and ending flat = 0 net market impact.
I'm not under that impression. Compared to a hedgefund, any daytrader is noise. But I wasn't comparing myself or any daytrader to a hedgefund, I...
And wouldn't it be possible that in this huge bear market, the stock would have tanked 10% without the whole scam ?
So you're saying that if you have enough buying power, you can cause *inter* day market movement, EVEN if you flatten out EOD ? I strongly,...
Although I didnt start this thread to start an 'anti/pro' shorting discussion, I'd like to comment on this. I disagree here. The SEC is worried...
I'm selling a stock today that I don't own. On settlement date (T+3) my BD has to deliver the shares to the guy that I've sold them to. If my BD...
As we all know, the SEC created a new set of rules for shorting on september 17. After that, they created additional rules prohibiting the...
US debt is 65% of GDP, which is not much more than canada or germany. Italy is at 100%. So that puts it in perspective.
I can't find it anywhere. Everybody knows the US has only debts. Now, Paulson is going to spend 700 billion (total US debt is about 10 trillion...
The man has some points. He's right, technically the US is already bankrupt. And yes, whether that will happen, is up to the foreigners (asians),...
Mortgages were sold to people, knowing they would never be able to pay them back. Credits were given, without any questions. Of course, this HAD...
I heard FED is afraid of inflation and is going to raise interest tomorrow with 50 bp. Anyone long will get demolished tomorrow. I've seen this...
@ Cutten: If the FED would bail them out, the us gvt debt wouldnt increase. If the US gvt would bail them out, it would have to lend the money...
The FED is 100% owned and controlled by the banks, not by the government. Also check the quote from Poole: FED's Poole is talking about the...
The government didnt bail out Bear Stearns. They got some help from the FED and then JPmorgan bought it (again facilitated by the FED). But the...
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