Italy, Belgium, Spain, France Ban Short Selling

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  • jjgold
    SBR Aristocracy
    • 07-20-05
    • 388179

    #1
    Italy, Belgium, Spain, France Ban Short Selling
    Good or bad?
  • D3 Mighty Ducks
    SBR Posting Legend
    • 12-17-09
    • 11939

    #2
    WTF?
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    • RubberKettle
      SBR Hall of Famer
      • 12-28-09
      • 6421

      #3
      link to this Gold?
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      • iifold
        SBR Posting Legend
        • 04-25-10
        • 11111

        #4
        Whats wrong with it...

        Guys like George Soros get Obama elected , knowing he is a socialist idiot with the business experience of a teenager, and then short the dollar and make billions...

        it's Ok though, we wont have a country soon... but we'll have free health care!!!
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        • Brock Landers
          SBR Aristocracy
          • 06-30-08
          • 45359

          #5
          anything that limits downside exposure is a good thing, hope they do it here as well
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          • Winner_13
            SBR MVP
            • 01-04-10
            • 1744

            #6
            can someone explain what short selling is?
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            • gafl
              SBR Wise Guy
              • 08-07-06
              • 656

              #7
              The ban on short selling is only on bank and other financial stocks. France only for 15 days.
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              • eleuropeano
                SBR Sharp
                • 05-06-11
                • 392

                #8
                Originally posted by Winner_13
                can someone explain what short selling is?
                borrowing the stocks, usually with leverage (debt). essentially, it is a bet that the stock price will fall in the future (it will be cheaper for you to repay what you borrowed)
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                • Waterstpub87
                  SBR MVP
                  • 09-09-09
                  • 4108

                  #9
                  Bad for market efficiency
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                  • jjgold
                    SBR Aristocracy
                    • 07-20-05
                    • 388179

                    #10
                    Some experts say it is not free trading then and then you have a false market
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                    • jarvol
                      SBR Hall of Famer
                      • 09-13-10
                      • 6074

                      #11
                      It helped Greece out alot last year didn't it? Government intervention into markets is NEVER a good thing. Yes it made a lot of people cover shorts in Euro financials today when the rumor started and yes it will buy these banks some time with their stock prices buoyed, but they need alot more than just a couple of weeks. How credible were the government-mandated stress tests just a month ago that gave all these banks a big thumbs up when they begin to crumble at the first onslaught of stress? They were pure bullshit......and people don't lie and pull cover-ups over positive developments.
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                      • ACoochy
                        SBR Posting Legend
                        • 08-19-09
                        • 13949

                        #12
                        I can smell bank nationalization in the near future for Italy, France and Spain (to name a few).....This ban on shorting is not good news 4 anyone...Shows a lack of confidence in the private business market...
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                        • Iona
                          SBR MVP
                          • 01-08-10
                          • 4244

                          #13
                          Short sellers are an integral part of the market and should not be limited. And remember, at some point they have to cover their position(s).
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                          • BettingGeek
                            Restricted User
                            • 10-07-10
                            • 3555

                            #14
                            What's the big deal?

                            The US ban short selling on financial stocks before ... If the U.S.A could do it, any country could do it
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                            • jarvol
                              SBR Hall of Famer
                              • 09-13-10
                              • 6074

                              #15
                              Originally posted by BettingGeek
                              What's the big deal?

                              The US ban short selling on financial stocks before ... If the U.S.A could do it, any country could do it
                              It was wrong too and accomplished nothing. Bear, Lehman, Countrywide, Wachovia, and all the rest were going down regardless.

                              Why not ban long buying? Why all the discussion about the uptick rule on short selling but nothing about the downtick rule on long buying? Nothing but hypocrisy.
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