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  • July 2008

    • Demonizing Shorters Won't Save the Likes of Lehman

      New York  |  Jul 19, 08 9:34 AM CDT

      Demonizing Shorters Won't Save the Likes of Lehman

      (Newser) - Short-sellers have the power to utterly crush Lehman Brothers, as they did Bear Stearns, writes James Cramer in New York , but it's largely Lehman's own fault. Lehman shares much of the "mismanagement, arrogance and recklessness" that brought down Bear, Cramer opines in a piece that says excoriating short-selling hedge funds for running down Lehman stock, and accusing them of manipulation, misses the point. More »

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      Bear Stearns  • SEC  • hedge fund  • Lehman Brothers  • financial markets  • short selling

    • SEC Will Limit Short Sales of Finance Stocks

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 16, 08 9:48 AM CDT

      SEC Will Limit Short Sales of Finance Stocks

      (Newser) - The SEC will step in to police naked short-selling of 17 financial firms, as well as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Wall Street Journal reports. The agency said it plans to impose short-term, emergency rules on Monday that curtail traders betting on the stocks to drop, worried the short selling is worsening the crisis in the financial sector. More »

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      stock market  • Wall Street  • Securities and Exchange Commission  • Christopher Cox  • short selling

    • Fannie, Freddie Plunge Gives Short Sellers a Field Day

      New York Times  |  Jul 11, 08 9:29 AM CDT

      Fannie, Freddie Plunge Gives Short Sellers a Field Day

      (Newser) - With the rest of the world wringing its hands over fears of a Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac collapse, one tribe on Wall Street is smiling: the short sellers. Investors have bet against Fannie and Freddie in growing numbers as the two mortgage lenders' positions grew more precarious. But handsome returns as the stocks plunged 70% this year have also brought unwanted attention, the New York Times notes. More »

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      Wall Street  • Fannie Mae  • Freddie Mac  • credit market  • markets  • short selling

  • March 2008

    • Hedge Funds Cash In on Collapse of Bear

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 20, 08 9:25 AM CDT

      Hedge Funds Cash In on Collapse of Bear

      (Newser) - The epic collapse of Bear Stearns didn't mean bad news for everyone on Wall Street—several big hedge funds made a mint off it, the Wall Street Journal reports. The funds essentially placed bets that Bear would stumble, then raked in millions when the security firm's shares took a nosedive. The SEC is investigating to make sure profiteers did not have insider knowledge of the coming collapse. More »

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      Wall Street  • Bear Stearns  • SEC  • hedge fund  • short selling  • Harbinger Capital

  • November 2007

    • Short Sellers Betting Big on Palm's Failure

      Fortune Magazine  |  Nov 28, 07 8:23 PM CST

      Short Sellers Betting Big on Palm's Failure

      (Newser) - Tech stocks have had a good year, and one wouldn’t expect short sellers to take much interest in the area. Anticipating declines, however, is good business, and right now Palm is the horse the short-sell vultures are betting will fall first. Fortune reports that November short-sell bets against Palm have surged, along with those against Sirius Satellite, ETrade Financial, and Microsoft. More »

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      iPhone  • BlackBerry  • Google Android  • short selling  • Palm Pilot  • Palm

  • August 2007

    • Obscure Rule Change Blamed for Wild Market

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 14, 07 1:22 AM CDT

      Obscure Rule Change Blamed for Wild Market

      (Newser) - A change in an arcane rule governing stock trading is being blamed for some of the recent volatility in the stock market, the Wall Street Journal reports. For more than 75 years, the "downtick rule" prevented traders from shorting a stock as the price fell. Its repeal last month coincided with some wild swings in the market. More »

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      Federal Reserve  • stock market  • SEC  • short selling

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