Month: October 2008
11 posts
VeraSun Energy Failures to Deliver vs. Share Price
=========================== I suppose I should write something brimming with wit and brio about the chart above, but since…
There. Was That So Hard?
In mid-2004 the Securities & Exchange Commission (itself a kind of a joint venture of the US federal…
Contest Extension
There is a problem with the voting mechanism, which we are currently working to repair. Because we don’t…
Deutsche Bank Sold Massive Amounts of Phantom Stock
Floyd Norris of Times Misses Story About Phantom Stock at Deutsche Bank
Naked Shorts Frolic While Financial System Fries
“Morgan Stanley shares have been under extraordinary pressure as of late, for no apparent fundamental reason, as we…
October 10, 2008
Roddy Boyd Sucks It Like He’s Paying the Rent (Fortune Magazine)
In the adult novelty & video arcade shop that is our New York financial establishment, one of the…
October 10, 2008
CNBC Spectacle Precedes Naked Short Massacre
So the SEC today lifted its ban on short-selling, and all but declared open season for law-breaking naked…
Naked Hunting Season to Resume Tomorrow
In a few hours, the SEC will lift its ban on short-selling of 900 stocks. That is well…
October 8, 2008
NYT's Nocera Digs Deep Into Naked Short Selling Scandal
In testimony before Congress yesterday, Richard Fuld, the former CEO of Lehman Brothers, said that (criminal) naked short…
The Naked Short Selling That Toppled Wall Street
The Wall Street Journal stated in a lead editorial last week that the SEC was “reasonable” to “clamp…
October 2, 2008