Short Selling

Short Sellers Target Walmart Mexico After Probe

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Walmart-Bribery-Claims, Walmart, Hedge Fund Short Sales, Short Selling, Walmart-De-Mexico, Short-Selling-Stocks, Video, Hedge Funds, Walmart Shares, Business News, Walmart Bribery, Walmart Mexico Probe, Walmart-Stock, Walmart-Mexico, Business News

It looks as if the fallout from the Walmart Mexico bribery scandal is only beginning. Hedge Fund investors say they may short shares of Walmart de...

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Hedge Fund Legend's Latest Bet

The Huffington Post | D.M. Levine | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: European Debt Crisis, European Sovereign Debt Crisis, European Debt, John Paulson, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Finance, Short Selling, Video, Business News

John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who made billions betting against the U.S. mortgage market in 2007, has found something new to bet against. P...

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Sheared by the Shorts: How Short Sellers Fleece Investors

Ellen Brown | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Stock Market Crisis, Bear Raids, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Naked Short Selling, Short Selling, Gold and Silver Stocks, Dow Jones, Robert Simpson, Securities Act of 1933, Move Your Money Campaign, Wall Street, Jim Puplava, Business News

Why did gold and silver stocks just get hammered, at a time when commodities are considered a safe haven against global uncertainty? The answer is that the sector has been the target of massive short selling.

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An Economist Asks: Who Made Money On 9/11?

Karl Muth | Posted 09.23.2011

Read More: Decade After 9/11 - Viewpoints, 9/11, Insider Trading, Short Selling, Decade After 9/11 - National Security, Securities and Exchange Commission, FInancial Markets, Business News

I don't know if my methodology would yield better results than the U.S. government's strategy (which failed to find a single trader) during the last ten years. But I'm certain the results couldn't be any worse.

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Europe: Lacking a Long-Term Solution

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Debt, Europe, Liquidity, Financials, Economy, Bailouts, Downgrade, Credit Default Swaps, Asset Allocation, Eu, Bank Shares, Government, Hedge Funds, Sovereign Debt Crisis, Bank, European Financial Stability Fund, Portugal, Safe Haven, Greece, Equities, Earnings, Hedging, Italy, Volatility, Germany, Stock Markets, Wealth Management, Risk Management, Committee for European Securities Regulators, Commerzbank, Greek Debt, Short Selling, Austerity, France, Investing, Gdp Growth, European Banks, Investment, Ban on Short Selling, Gemma Godfrey, Contagion, Valuations, Debt Burden, Cash, Piigs, Search for Yield, Business News

Over the last few days we have seen a tremendous amount of volatility in the markets, epitomizing the lack of clarity with which many investors have struggled.

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France's Economic Growth Grinds To Halt, Reinforcing Recession Risks

AP | GREG KELLER | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Economy Europe, French Economy, Sarkozy, Societe Generale, Italy, Spain, Short Selling, Belgium, Business News

PARIS — The French government was put under further pressure to cut deeper into spending after figures Friday showed growth in Europe's second b...

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Four European Countries Ban Short Selling In Order To Protect Markets

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: European Stocks, Turkey, Greece, South Korea, France, Stock Market, Short Sales Ban, Short Selling Ban, Italy, Europe, Short Selling, Short Sales, Business News

Four European countries are banning the short selling of stocks in their markets to try to halt the precipitous plunge in value of troubled European b...

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Goldman Sachs Chief Could Face Criminal Prosecution For Role In Financial Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Senate-Permanent-Subcommittee-on-Investigations, Economic Crisis, Abacus, Business News, Financial Crisis, Wall Street Banks, Short Selling, Carl Levin, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Goldman Sachs executives deceived clients in order to profit off the brewing financial crisis and then misled Congress when asked to exp...

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EU Proposes New Rules On 'Wild West' Trading

AP | RAF CASERT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Germany, FInancial Markets, Stock Market, Derivatives, Angela Merkel, Financial Crisis, European Union, Michel Barnier, US Congress, Short Selling, Eu, European Central Bank, Business News

BRUSSELS — The European Union's executive on Wednesday proposed tougher curbs on financial market practices seen to have contributed to the glob...

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Phantom Assets: Undermining Corporate Elections and Shareholder Rights

N. E. Marsden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hedge Funds, Derivatives, Shareholder Rights, Stock Market, Stock Prices, Short Selling, Investors, Stock Trading, Economy, Credit Default Swaps, Business News

Every once in awhile, a journalistic ray of light exposes how far our financial system has veered from anything resembling objective reality.

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With The Help Of ETFS, Lawmakers Shorted Stocks During The Financial Crisis (POLL)

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Short-Selling, Kristin-Gillibrand, Congressional Short Selling, Congress, Poll, Exchange-Traded Funds, Business News

Were Congressional lawmakers hypocritical by using a form of short-selling in their personal investments during the financial crisis? The Wall Stre...

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Senate Invites Arsonist to Testify on Cause of Fire... Kind Of

Tom Matzzie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Accountable America, Help Committee, Senate, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Steven Eisman, Stock Market, Tom Matzzie, The Big Short, Short Selling, Michael Lewis the Big Short, Business News

After all that has happened with the financial crisis and the role that short-sellers played in dragging big companies down into the muck, you'd hope the U.S. Senate wouldn't play this role. But it is going on today.

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Transparency by 'Shorts' on 'For-Profit' Schools Needed, Too

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: For Profit Universities, Short Selling Stocks, Short Selling, Shorting Stocks, Steve Eisman, For-Profit Colleges, Shorting, Kaplan University, Business News

Wall Street short-seller Steve Eisman gave a speech criticizing for-profit colleges and universities. Stories appeared after the speech that the share values of the companies had dropped -- and that Eisman had "shorted" these stocks.

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Will The EU Issue A Broader Short-Selling Ban?

AP | ROBERT WIELAARD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eurozone, The Financial Fix, Naked Short Selling, European Commission, Germany Short Selling Ban, EU Short Selling Ban, Germany, Angela Merkel, Michel Barnier, Eu, Short Selling, Video, Business News

(AP) BRUSSELS — EU countries should act jointly to regulate so-called naked short-selling of shares and investments to reduce volatility in fina...

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Clients Worried About Goldman's Dueling Goals

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank Regulation, Lloyd Blankfein, Bank Reform, Goldman Lobbying, Goldman Sachs, Washington Mutual, Wall Street Reform, Goldman, Goldman Fraud, Mortgage Securities, Short Selling, Megabanks, Goldman Reform, Business News

As the housing crisis mounted in early 2007, Goldman Sachs was busy selling risky, mortgage-related securities issued by its longtime client, Washingt...

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Inadvertently, CNBC's Larry Kudlow Makes Strong Case for Breaking Up the Big Banks

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Short-Selling, Larry Kudlow, BreakUpTheBigBanks.Com, Cnbc, Lehman Brothers, Financial Meltdown, Financial Reform, Business News

A firm's failure should not matter to anyone but its management, employees, shareholders and creditors. But better regulation will not suffice for us to fix this. Only breaking up the big banks will work.

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Why it Is Not Smart to Short the Euro

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011

It took three years to execute the colossal task of changing currencies into Euros. The Euro is essential, and the current decision reinforces the European common currency.

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SEC's Tougher Financial Regulations Have Been Stalled For More Than A Year

washingtonpost.com | Zachary A. Goldfarb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street, Financial Reform, Mary Schapiro, Sec, Securities Exchange Commission, Short Selling, Financial Regulation, Short Selling Limits, Business News

But more than a year after Schapiro took office, the SEC has not yet written into the Wall Street rulebook the short-selling limits -- or most of the ...

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Short-Selling (VIDEO): Did It Contribute To The Market's Collapse?

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Short-Selling, Stocks, Market Crash, Stock Market, Selling Stocks, Steven Figlewski, Video, Business News

Let's get our bearings here. What is short-selling? NYU Professor of Finance Steven Figlewski can explain: "You sell the stock with the expectation, ...

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Goldman Sachs Defends Trading Practices: Dark Pools, Flash Trading, Short Selling

Telegraph | James Quinn, US Business Editor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Financial Reform, Dark Pools, Regulation, Bankers, Short Selling, Goldman, Investors, Goldman Sachs, Investing, Flash Trading, Wall Street, Finance, Trading Practices, Sec, Trading, Financial Regulation, Business News

In a document handed to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the investment bank asserts that such practices, some of which the SEC is loo...

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Carl Icahn Blasts Goldman In Short Sale Suit

forbes.com | Nathan Vardi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Carl Icahn, Short Selling, High River Limited Partnership, Business News

Carl Icahn's High River Limited Partnership has struck back at Goldman Sachs Group, saying a lending unit of the investment bank owes High River $30.8...

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How to Sell Your Maidenhead

E. Jean Carroll | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Virgin, Marketing, Short Selling, Money, Bubbles, Sex, Dennis-Hof, Bunny Ranch, Advice Column Elle, Advice Column, Selling Your Virginity, Healthy Living News

Why should I waste my purity on a "meaningful" college boyfriend or a saggy sugar daddy when I can receive a pot of gold all in one go?

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Investors: Beware the Quackery of Economic Goats, Whitewashers and Charlatans

Ann Pettifor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Carry-Trade, Unemployment, Jim O'Neill, Finance, Stock Market, Wages, Global Trade, Abby Joseph Cohen, Iceland Financial Crisis, Frederick Mishkin, Short Selling, Bubbles, Business News

Today -- as global trade lies dead, as unemployment rises, as wages and incomes plummet, as US consumption and investment falls -- share prices zoom upwards and commodity prices rock.

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Wall Street Is Right -- This Time

John Standerfer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: High-Frequency Trading, Chuck Schumer, Flash Orders, Stock Market, Short Selling Ban, Paul Krugman, Sec, Short Selling, Charles Schumer, Flash-Orders, Wall Street, Business News

In this post-Madoff environment, where the SEC needs all the credibility it can muster, it's critical that the agency not provide a knee-jerk response to every whim of the media and politicians.

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Roiling On The Rivers Of Real Estate

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Attorneys, Mortgage Crisis, Speculators, Real Estate, Short Selling, Housing Slump, Housing Crisis, Foreclosure News, Business News

There's definitely a bottom to the real estate market, but the bottom is not clearly visible through yesterday's floating wreckage and today's murky transactions.

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