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Question: Why is shorting a stock allowed? Is there any other industry that allows this type of transaction Think about it...you are selling something you do not own.... In real estate it is a felony, LOL..... Hedging can be addressed through the option/future markets... You...

Most "shorts" in the 90's did so off of fundamentals.....PE too high....all of the "dot com" companies were obvious shorts....in hindsight, LOL..... A lot of very smart people were wiped out shorting in the runup of the bubble.....even a NYSE specialist firm..... Most traders did not...

Most, if not all, of the "shorts" were wiped out in the tech bubble... The few who survied were then killed shorting GOOG at $100, LOL...... Also, the future does not look good for shorting....much more enforcement....brokers will get caught and slapped big time... SteveD

I think Long Term Capital Mgmt had, not one, but TWO....Nobel Prize winners in Economics.....pretty smart guys....still blew it up, LOL.... Some people are so smart they become dumb.... SteveD

Real estate has very inefficient pricing.....how do you think people make money at it???? Single family residence, good shape, purchased by owner occupant for a 10 year hold is probably the most efficiently priced assuming close proximity and comparable square footage. Good agent...

I don't understand why people are still short these stocks.... If you have been short since $30, take your profit and move on...your additional profit is fixed at $4.50/share for FNM???? Take your profit and move on.... SteveD

I have never been able to understand the "food chain" of the solar stocks.....tax credits, etc etc..... I have a friend who is in FSLR from $45, LOL.... How do you think the future (next 30 days) looks and who will move on up.... Or does one simply "day" trade them off of news, earnings...

I doubt very seriously that comercial loans are being re-set at a higher rate, LOL.....do you really think the lender wants to force the owner into foreclosure.....get a grip.... I went through the Texas depression of the 80's...this is nothing...Texas lost every bank....repeat: EVERY...

So Saddam had been up to no good for many years, LOL....Saddam also confessed he was going to start up the program once the inspectors left Iraqi.... Son, I may be a lot of things, but ignorant is not one of them.... You remind me of an old saying: "No one is a complete loss, they can...

Clinton was impeached for lying under oath...a felony in the US..lost his law license..... The US just removed tons of "yellow cake" from Iraq....Iraq sent Scuds into Isreal during the first Gulf War....gas mask came out with reporters..... Bill Clinton and Al Gore wanted to rid the...

The sheer economic ignorance on ET is truly outstanding....... Very obvious why none of you make any money..... You people simply don't know the difference between IndyMac (bank), FNM (Gov Agency) and LEH (investment bank) Employment at 95%, interest rates at 6%, inflation at...

Ron Paul is a certified looney......totally stupid beyond belief.... a simpleton.......thinks the earth is flat..... SteveD

How did Obama and wifey get to have $3,000,000 wealth??? He has been in public service since college hasn't he? Carly Fiorina: She didn't run the company in the ground....her vision has turned out to be the correct move.....and she has a lot more experience in an excutive posistion then...

They shot an unarmed man running away from them, filed a false report and hid the evidence..... And by the way, I am a white, anglo, protestant male born and raised in the deep south....went to segregated schools....very conservative on a lot of issues..... But, I got a problem when a cop...

There are entirely too many mutual pacts/trade agreements to ever have developed countries get too competitive on taxes.... They need the tax money also....how loud is a 100 year old company in a country going to howl when they lower taxes for a US newcomer.... And companies may move...

The Germans, French, Brits and US will threathen to pull the license to do business....freeze assets of holdings It is a joke to think they won't put you in jail for tax evasion.... Odds are probably not high, but why take that risk....but it is your decesion..... SteveD

I don't know if you are following but the Justice Dept has a "john doe" warrant against UBS....there are thousands of rich Americans seriously sweating a prison term for tax evasion...UBS set up and solicited wealthy Americans....the Swiss are going to sing like a canary with your records...

Perhaps you could give us an example: No of shares traded...average daily volume of stock....etc etc.. With big cap stocks you are merely a speck of dust SteveD

My two comments: JFK, LBJ and Robert Kennedy were the ones that used the FBI to spy on political enemies.....good liberals that they are, LOL The Islamic nutjobs have declared WAR on the US....destroy us, wipe off of map, death to America, death to infidels So what else do we call...

Fed Chairman is appointed for a set number of years....can't be removed by President/Congress....7 years, I think... This takes politics out of it to a certain degree.... Japan has a very different economical structure than US..... Don't compare the two.....cross ownership of...