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Strategies - Maybe Short-Selling Isn’t So Bad, After All
nytimes.com - 9/28/2008
Strategies - Maybe Short-Selling Isn’t So Bad, After All
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FEDERAL regulators have banned short sales of more than 800 stocks, mostly of financial companies, in an effort to stabilize prices in a shaky market. But the move may have an unintended consequence: reducing the stock market’s efficiency and prolonging the current crisis. That’s the consensus ...
sec.gov - 10/2/2008
Press Release: Statement of Securities and Exchange Commission Concerning Short Selling; ...
— sec.gov — Temporary prohibition of short selling in financial companies. This order will be extended beyond its currently scheduled... expiration, to allow time for completion of work on the anticipated passage of legislation. It will expire at 11:59 p.m. ET on ... (more) Press Release: Statement of Securities and Exchange ...
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reuters.com - 9/26/2008
NYSE adds 7 companies to short-selling ban | Markets | Markets News
— reuters.com — Sept 26 (Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange added seven more companies on Thursday to the... list of financial institution shares that are not permitted to be shorted, ahead of Friday's market open. NYSE had added nine firms ahead of Thursday's ... (more) NYSE adds 7 companies to short-selling ban | ...

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dealbreaker.com - 10/6/2008
Short Selling Ban Over October 8
— dealbreaker.com — The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that the Long Only Suction will expire next Wednesday, following... the government's approval of the Patriot Act Bailout Bill, according to Bloomberg. The SEC has previously said it would extend the ... (more) Short Selling Ban Over October 8
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Abnormal Returns:  Sunday links: pressure points

PointOfLaw Forum:  "Bearing down on short sellers"

DealBook:  'The Daily Show' Takes on Short Selling

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Sunday links: pressure points
Abnormal Returns — ... Avoid stocks that are currently covered by the short-selling ban.  (NYTimes.com) ...

"Bearing down on short sellers"
PointOfLaw Forum — Todd Sullivan reprints a 1932 article from Collier's magazine that shows how little things have changed. More: Mark Hulbert, NY Times.

'The Daily Show' Takes on Short Selling
DealBook — ... about whether the ban worked as intended. In academic circles, there are also conflicting views about how short-selling affects stock prices . But this is all nuance — and not very good for a laugh, either. Here’s the video:

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