Month: September 2008

Links for September 21st through September 23rd

These are my links and a few of my recent reads for September 21st through September 23rd:

Regional Banks are "LUNCH" – Seems that Goldman and other banks will be looking to snack on the smaller regional banks. That was fast!
Crude up $10 – No kidding… The dollar is toast…Read More

Emperor Paulson: Bankmaster with absolute power

Reckless, gluttonous, disgusting and shocking are only a few of the words that have been used this weekend to describe the amazing bailout of the financial sector. A “mere” $700 billion dollars is the latest figure being bantered about as the sum which will initially be used to liquify the...

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30 Stocks added to “Protect-me” list

According to CNBC, 30 stocks have been added to the list of companies that are now banned from short trading. This is obviously the result of a good amount of lobbying and fear.

(See the ORIGINAL LIST)

From CNBC:
The New York Stock Exchange said Monday it will ban short-selling of...

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799 barred – The other 476

SEC Halts Short-Selling of Financial Stocks: NOT!

There is a general consensus that there is a total ban on shorting stocks within the financial sector. Not true. Rather, it is a selective list that has a good amount of companies named, but why are these names excluded?

Briefing.com commentary:
The SEC today...

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Strategy Lab – Andrew’s Portfolio is #2 because of this:

From my latest MSN Money – Strategy Lab Journal:

A scandalous number of problems plague our markets. From the supposed problems with naked short-selling to bad math at the rating agencies, we are experiencing historic volatility and an even higher level of investor anxiety.

The powers that be are doing what they...

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