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short selling
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The Markit Group: A Black-Box Company that Devastated Markets
Did a little mystery company in London help hedge funds crash the markets?
Roddy Boyd and the Bear Stearns Insider
A journalist lapdog tells a revealing tale about himself and a man at the center of the Bear Stearns debacle
Our Watchdogs and the Financial Scandal of the Century
Naked short selling helped crash the economy. The OIG thrashes the SEC. Other Watchdogs do nothing.
Email Exposes Short Seller Plot to Destroy a Public Company
This is Part 3 of an ongoing series. Read Part 1 Read Part 2 A few years ago,…
Strange Occurrences, and a Story about Naked Short Selling
An investigation into naked short selling and Wall Street leads to death threats
Wall Street Journal Reports that Short Selling Fueled Panic
A Wall Street Journal shows that short selling fueled financial panic. But the story is much bigger than that.
November 25, 2008
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
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