They just banned short selling in US

Discussion in 'Wall St. News' started by nitro, Sep 18, 2008.

  1. kaciara

    kaciara

    we're obviously always talking about financial securities
     
    #371     Oct 2, 2008
  2. Well, we should all be very thankful that the Ministry of Price control extended the short ban restriction or the market may have gone down today.

    Incidentally, as there are no barriers to entry to this little list, 20% of U.S. stocks are now on it.
     
    #372     Oct 2, 2008
  3. Short selling is banned and insurers are still tanking. This nullifies the theory that aggressive short selling is the only reason that insurers and banks are failing. I can think of a couple of DEMOCRAT US SENATORS who have destroyed companies with their comments.

    Harry Reid (Democrat)

    Charles Schumer (Democrat)

    Do Democrats want everybody to be poor and broke? Reid should be investigated to see if he told a bunch of his buddies to short insurance companies.
     
    #373     Oct 2, 2008
  4. Look IBM, my theory is that people didnt realize they have a big financing compnent to there business and when they saw that they headed for the exits.

    There investor relations went out of there way to tell everyone they where a finance stock
     
    #374     Oct 2, 2008
  5. Zales Jewelry & CVS are finance stocks? Gimme a break
     
    #375     Oct 2, 2008
  6. yes they are. both times when i went there i can confirm i saw at least 1 cash register
     
    #376     Oct 2, 2008
  7. LOL! Holy shit, that's true. Besides, think of the systemic risk if Zales goes down. Where would mall rats buy their diamond chips in solitaire settings? If CVS goes bankrupt we'd have to shop for shampoo at Walmart, the grocery store, Kerr Drugs, Rite Aid, Duane Reade, or the local bodega. It would be Armageddon.
     
    #377     Oct 2, 2008
  8. Cutten

    Cutten

    But any particular security will go to zero regardless of whether it is shorted to high heaven or not a single share is sold short.
     
    #378     Oct 2, 2008
  9. Cutten

    Cutten

    But the shorts were right all along - Lehman was insolvent, the shares were worthless. You and others trying to deny that fact and stifle criticism were guilty of a gigantic fraud perpetrated on every uninformed sucker who bought and held the stock all the way down.

    If you had any shame or conscience you would be apologizing to any bagholder in Lehman and other busted financials for helping to lose them money.
     
    #379     Oct 2, 2008
  10. zdreg

    zdreg

    this was a very smart move by cox. hopefullythe bears will no longer be blamed for downward movements.
     
    #380     Oct 2, 2008