Best question I've heard all week.
also, if there are so many "good financials", then why do they all need a trillion dollar bailout? Let the good financials buy the bad ones....
naked short selling in financials, huh? All were easy to borrow and the short interest in bank stocks declined 3% from a peak of only around...
Also, banks won't chase people who are unlikely to have any assets as they will never actually recover anything. The original poster had a...
So, you didn't get my humour? I was only half kidding anyway. Executive compensation is none of your business unless you're a shareholder of...
Exactly. The Karachi stock exchange (trailblazer that it is) banned short selling earlier this year. After an initial 11% pop, the market fell...
It would be much better to just close the exchanges for a few days. I could use the vacation after last week.
I you enjoy paying through the nose.
Okay, confiscate and hang them (start with Johnny Mack). But... You're underestimating the power of compensation caps - if you make them low...
It's trying desperately to be a third world country.
How much have you dealt with the SEC? I've seen nothing that tells me that they are obviously smart. I see a bunch of incompetent tools trying...
They aren't creating any more because they can't short, making them closed end funds, not ETFs. Heavy demand will drive them to premiums and...
Nitro, as the market sinks, the SEC's stupidity grows. The entire first page and a half of the Orders could have been summed up "in an effort to...
Nothing prevents you from buying puts when you initiate your long position. But to buy puts, the options market maker needs to be able to sell...
sorry about that. too quick with the trigger finger. meant to say: excellent points.
If the stock gaps down low enough, there will be buyers. So, for all those looking to stop shorting to prevent price discovery because they...
It will widen the spread - increasing transactions costs for everyone. So, it most certainly will have an effect on retail traders - they will be...
Yes. And like most successful people, I didn't blame my failures on scapegoats.
I can't think of one person for whom I have less respect. I purposely don't shop at Overstock because I can't stand pathetic, paranoid whiners...
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