Life’s Too Short?

Here’s an article by Michael J. Panzner about the shortening of the investment cycle. Here’s a snippet: The stock market has changed a great deal in recent years. The pace has quickened, the influence of hedge funds has expanded and the range of activities that traders and investors engage in has grown by leaps and [...]

#$%&*@ NYSE!

I hate (trying) to trade NYSE stocks. I just saw a headline about Celebrex being linked to 14 deaths so I put in an order to short PFE. Executions are normally slow on the NYSE for shorts, but in a situation like this they’re impossible. I sat here and watched it slip away for more [...]

The (Very) Basics of Short Selling

An extremely basic explanation of short selling.

Short Selling is American

Today the Trader Wizard asked what’s wrong with short-selling. I say not a damn thing.

This is a Trip… LOL

Just when you think you’ve heard it all (from Briefing.com)… And TASER thought it had problems with short-sellers… An interesting story out today is a press release issue by bulletin board traded Whistler Investments announcing that a listing has been made on the Berlin Stock Exchange without its authorization. The co is suspicious that its [...]