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The Securities and Exchange Commission is extending the public comment period on possible approaches to reining the practice of short-selling, and may be leaning toward one of the two main alternatives being considered.
The Securities and Exchange Commission for the first time has enforced new rules intended to limit a practice known as "naked" short-selling.
Federal regulators on Monday made permanent an emergency rule put in at the height of last fall's market turmoil that aims to reduce abusive short-selling.
Actions taken by the Securities and Exchange Commission at the height of the market turmoil last year appear to have reduced abusive short-selling, but the agency should provide clearer guidance to the brokerage industry for applying the rules, congressional auditors concluded in a report issued Wednesday.
The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday she is making the issue of new rules restricting short-selling a priority as the agency heard from an array of interests about ways to limit trades that bet against a stock.
The head of Britain's financial regulator dismissed suggestions Thursday that the lifting of the ban on short selling of financial stocks was behind the collapse in share prices of some of the country's leading banks this week.
Britain's financial services regulator said it will lift a ban on the short-selling of shares in scores of financial companies later this month.
Japanese regulators on Tuesday imposed new restrictions on short-selling of stocks — or bets that a stock's price will fall — moving quickly to implement measures to ease stock market volatility.
Federal regulators on Wednesday extended an unprecedented ban against all short-selling in the shares of more than 800 financial companies, keeping it in place at least until after Congress enacts a massive financial bailout plan.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is broadening his investigation of short selling on Wall Street, according to a senior official in his office.
The Dutch Finance Minister is banning "naked" short selling of financial stocks for the next three months to increase the stability of financial markets.
New York state is launching an investigation into whether some traders used illegal tactics to drive down the stock price of several Wall Street firms.
Britain's financial regulator said Thursday it was temporarily banning the short-selling of shares in financial companies that are listed on the London Stock Exchange.
The government's unprecedented move Friday to ban people from betting against financial stocks might be a salve for the market's turmoil but could also carry serious unintended consequences.
A government order expires Tuesday that temporarily banned a certain kind of short-selling of the stocks of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and 17 large investment banks.
Federal regulators on Tuesday extended through mid-August a temporary order banning a certain kind of short-selling of the stocks of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and 17 large investment banks.
shoirt-selling, Many so-called financial experts have been spouting off of late, declaring that Gold has reached it's top.
Wall Street problems are about Organized Crime!!!If you are old enough to remember the FBI busting Mob members out of towns like Las Vegas this might not come as a surprise to you. Wall Street works for clients everywhere and it only takes a few clients with evil intent to crash the system.
Who is Behind the Financial Meltdown?The ban on short selling was applied with a view to establishing the protected list. It expired on Wednesday October 8 at midnight.
Paulson makes millions by short selling UK BanksNew York-based hedge fund manager, John Paulson is founder of Paulson $ Co. He is one of the biggest short sellers of British bank stocks.
Emails show journalist rigged Wikipedia's naked shortsTwo and a half years ago, Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne penned an editorial for The Wall Street Journal, warning that widespread stock manipulation schemes - including abusive naked short selling - were threatening the health of America's financial markets.
The oil industry claims that it needs Congress to open up additional acres for drilling in order to increase the oil supply and lower gas prices. But it already has 32 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico that are leased but have not been drilled.
SEC bans short-sellingThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission took what it called "emergency action" Friday and temporarily banned investors from short-selling 799 financial companies.
The One Minute Case for Stock ShortingShort selling creates value by making the capital markets work more efficiently. Short sellers help bring negative information about companies to the market.
Did a Short-Selling Conspiracy Spark the Stock Market Debacle?New York attorney general, Andrew Cuomo"will focus on whether short-sellers engaged in conspiracy or spread bad information to influence the stock prices of Lehman Brothers Holdings, American International Group and other firms that have been hammered in the ongoing financial cri …
Morgan Stanley: Wall Street's next sacrifice?"After the strong earnings and $179 billion in liquidity we announced yesterday - which virtually every equity analyst highlighted in their notes this morning - there is no rational basis for the movements in our stock or credit default spreads," Mack wrote.
There is a fundamental difference between the speculation that's been so roundly attacked in the stock and commodity markets and real estate speculation.
Would a short-selling ban prevent another HBOS-style panic?It's been suggested that the best way to avoid another rumour-fuelled run on a bank such as HBOS is to ban short-selling. MoneyWeek magazine puts the practice under the microscope.
UK house prices will escape America's crash The Bank of England joined the Federal Reserve in doling out serious cash in a bid to unblock the credit markets. And all week economic and financial issues dominated the front pages.
Quite a day so far on the British Stock Market. Firstly, the Bank of England pumps another £5Billion into the economy, then comes the news that "Rogue Traders" have been spreading rumours regarding the state of one of Britains largest financial institutions, HBOS.
An ideal candidate for short sellingInvestment expert Dan Amoss reveals how to identify a share that's poised to go down - and picks one prime target for a short selling strategy.
Senator Bennett Speech Supports Universal Express on Naked Short Selling: Financial News - Yahoo! FinanceBennett: Senator Bennett Discusses Naked Short Selling on the Senate Floor: 07/23/2007
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