Comments on: SEC blocks short sales for some financials http://polizeros.com/2008/07/17/sec-blocks-short-sales-for-some-financials/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:02:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Babak http://polizeros.com/2008/07/17/sec-blocks-short-sales-for-some-financials/#comment-154099 Babak Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:17:53 +0000 http://polizeros.com/?p=12161#comment-154099 In my recent blog post [ http://babaksjournal.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-efficient-shorting-tactic.html ], I propose a hopefully more efficient tactic for shorting involving setting up a net hedged position in 2 separate brokerage accounts. The tactic is designed to mitigate the regulatory hurdles that make it difficult to time the short sale of a hard-to-borrow stock. Short sellers might find the idea useful. In my recent blog post [ http://babaksjournal.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-efficient-shorting-tactic.html ], I propose a hopefully more efficient tactic for shorting involving setting up a net hedged position in 2 separate brokerage accounts. The tactic is designed to mitigate the regulatory hurdles that make it difficult to time the short sale of a hard-to-borrow stock.

Short sellers might find the idea useful.

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