1.0 link 127649 <![CDATA[Govt trading ban could have unintended results]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/19/sec-bans-shortselling-of-_n_127649.html WASHINGTON &mdash; The government's unprecedented move Friday to ban people from betting against financial stocks might be a salve for the market's turmoil but could also carry serious unintended consequences.

In a bid to shore up investor confidence in the face of the spiraling market crisis, the Securities and Exchange Commission temporarily banned all short-selling in the shares of 799 financial companies. Short selling is a time-honored method for profiting when a stock drops.

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