Skink
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Fri Sep-19-08 09:14 AM
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I just figured out how short selling works and now I can't short sell. |
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Fri Sep-19-08 09:19 AM
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1. You really looking to go bankrupt? This bounce is to rape the short sellers. |
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Fri Sep-19-08 09:23 AM
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The CNBC guy just said the short sellers are going to get killed...
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Fri Sep-19-08 09:19 AM
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2. Isn't that one of the great ironies of life in general? |
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It seems to happen to me all the time. Always a day late and a dollar short.
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Fri Sep-19-08 09:21 AM
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3. It isn't all stocks that |
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can't be shorted, just the financials. Here's the list from the SEC: http://www.sec.gov/rules/other/2008/34-58592.pdfFor anyone not experienced in trading this is an extremely volatile market to do anything.
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Fri Sep-19-08 09:45 AM
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5. they came for the short sellers, and I said nothing |
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they came for the derivatives traders, and I said nothing
and then they came for me, and I said "hey, I earned that billion I made managing a hedge fund!"
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