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Analysis of the numbers.
Dendreon’s Cancer Researchers vs. Hedge Funds & The Bootlick Journalists (or, What’s 18 Million Fails Among Friends?)
One of the arguments made with metronomic regularity by those defending illegal stock manipulation then unthinkingly regurgitated by their lapdog financial reporters is this: Prove the harm caused by illegal naked short selling. Well, here is a good example.
April 26, 2009
940 Million Holes in the Wall: whither short sale ban?
On September 18, 2008, the SEC announced an emergency ban on short-selling. 797 tickers belonging to companies in…
January 6, 2009
Naked short selling hedge funds: is it ESP or just FTD?
Bidz.com is an online auction company which went public in May of 2007. Take a look at the company’s…
December 10, 2008
Regulators Spring Into Action Against Naked Short Sellers. Or not.
As is explained in numerous pieces in DeepCapture, there are many cracks in the settlement system, one of…
December 7, 2008
Hedge Funds to US Soldiers: “I need a Maybach, so… You can all die too.”
This story gets told in pictures, mostly. Take a Mercedes, stir in a couple hundred thousand dollars, and you…
December 6, 2008
The DTCC’s CNS naked short selling residue
In a previous post I named various places where unsettled trades can accumulate: in the desks of brokers,…
December 1, 2008
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…
October 29, 2008
There. Was That So Hard?
In mid-2004 the Securities & Exchange Commission (itself a kind of a joint venture of the US federal…
October 29, 2008