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They’ve banned them. Why not do it all?

What the US Government is doing: Banning short selling (till Oct 2). The Securities and Exchange Commission, acting in concert with the U.K. Financial Services ...

ICICI: $200 million Mark to Market?

From DNA: ICICI to take $200 million MTM hit pegs MTM losses on the bank’s UK books at around $200 million. The recent 100 basis points widening in spreads ...

Another Strangle: 38% this time

Continuing a strangle strategy: A strangle bought two days ago – when the index was near 4100, a figure too close to comfort from the 4210 closing last ...

Action Packed Day – the 17th of September

What a day. Please read Kaushik’s post for an update. A summary: Dow down 350. S&P down some 3.5%. FTSE down 5.2% AIG down 45% to $2, but ...

Karachi's Floor: Market Suicide

Look at this link: http://www.kse.com.pk/kse4/phps/kmi30idx.php It’s the list of top 30 companies on the KSE – equivalent to the constituents of ...

Russian Markets Halted…Twice in Two Days

Bloomberg: Russian Markets Halted The ruble-denominated Micex Stock Exchange suspended trading indefinitely at 12:10 p.m. after its index erased a 7.6 percent ...

SEC gets tough on naked short sales, finally

The SEC has said – short sellers, get your shares ready. Short sellers and their broker dealers are now required to deliver securities by the close of ...

USSR is back

A day without an internet connection and look what happens. First, my Reliance WiMax gives up on me and, as it turns out, the entire lot using that tower, ...

Outperformance By Hanging Around

Yesterday we decided not to trade the system. We’d found that when the market had gapped and was in some direction by over 4% – then we found that ...

Bid/Ask has changed…

Dow down 500 points, nearly 5%. Korea down 6%, Taiwan down 4%, Shanghai 5%, Hang Seng 5%. The capital market world is coming to an end. Or so it seems. Too ...