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S.E.C. May Reinstate Rules For Short-Selling Stocks
nytimes.com - 7/3/2009
S.E.C. May Reinstate Rules For Short-Selling Stocks
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Representative Barney Frank, left, urged Mary L. Schapiro, right, head of the S.E.C., to reinstate a rule that restricts short-selling.

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Calculated Risk:  SEC may Reinstate Uptick Rule for Short Selling

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SEC may Reinstate Uptick Rule for Short Selling
Calculated Risk — From the NY Times: S.E.C. May Reinstate Rules for Short-Selling Stocks The Securities and Exchange Commission appears poised to reverse itself and reinstate rules that would make shorting stocks ... somewhat more difficult. ...the most likely outcome may be for the S.E.C. to reinstate ... the uptick rule ... “I don’t mind what I see as minor inconveniences,” said Whitney Tilson, an author and managing partner of T2 Partners, “if it will get rid of the critics who like to blame short-sellers every time a stock goes down.” Some people will ...

Friday links: the factor of chance
Abnormal Returns — ... about record Wall Street bonuses.  (The Big Money) Taking a longer term look at implied volatility.  (Barron’s) Bond default rates continue to rise.  (DealBook) Mortgage REITs are the new vehicle of choice to invest in beaten down real estate.  (WSJ) Welcome back the uptick rule.  (NYTimes) What is the best way to assess investment ...

Banning Short Selling
The Big Picture — We have a bull market excess stupidity. Now that I think about it, this could very well be the longest bull market in history, running as it has for several 100,000 years. The latest manifestation of this intellectual failure is the new government proposals to ban or radically restrict short selling. NYT excerpt: “They have been reviled as the bad hats of Wall Street, nefarious traders who cashed in on the market collapse and, some insist, helped precipitate it. Now short-sellers, the market skeptics who ...

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