That is crap. Hedging is an excuse for everything. If that is the case, I say don't report the long position report only the short....
http://seekingalpha.com/article/98443-hedge-funds-eat-their-young I can only wonder, is this why Chanos was so opposed to reporting his short...
No kidding. Did you see the $8.00 painting of the tape on Greenlight to end this month. They opened down $6.50 the next day and then Einhorn...
I guess you haven't heard, Einhorn is having a miserable summer. he may have been right on his bet with Lehman but, didn't he lose big time with...
Charlie is still being briefed on what to say.
funny, IB used to have a lot of microcap stock posted as available to short. Now that a hard close requirement is in play they seem to have dried...
luckybastard, You now sound like an apologist for the predators. These Credit Default Swaps - who were the investors in such? why are...
Very simple, if you raid a stock hard on unlimited shares because you re-use the same locate over and over, create a panic in the market that...
psytrade, I thought this was a rather good dialogue. Was there a need to come in and muddy it with your unnecessary attacks?
Funny, I have talked to a former administrator to Cohen and worked for some time with a former fund manager of SAC. I think in my contacts with...
Wrong. do you think your orders are executed the same as the big guys? Your selling, is it done by sophisticated computers that likewise monitor...
You miss the point, the shorts covered for profit. The tanking was a coordinated effort done by short sellers. Any long investor would have read...
Lucky, you are under the impression that a Jim Chanos and Stevie Cohen trade like you do - they do not. They have the capital to protect their...
There is no transparency in a market. What initiated the collapse intra-day? I have done studies where it is clear that market makers use naked...
The rules today require that a short sale executing offshore through a US firm must come with a viable locate verified by the US Broker. This was...
Lucky, you are a daytrader of small proportion as I am as a long investor. We do not move markets. we are the noise That being said, Jim...
Luckybastard, it is the activities you speak of that has been the cause for concern at the SEC. With no uptick rule in place and with distress in...
Keith, what don't you get? There are several reports regarding how Jeff Immelt begged the SEC to get on the no-short list. CNBC has been a long...
tomu, There is a vast difference between locate and settlement. this new rule allows naked shorts to take place so long as they are covered...
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