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Window Dressing in Micro-Cap Stocks 3 comments

by: Greg Newton September 08, 2005 | about: IWC / IWM / PZI    
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The Wall Street Journal’s Jesse Eisinger yesterday reported on the mysterious correlation between late-month moves [subscription required] in several microcap stocks prominent in the portfolio of Jeff Feinberg’s JLF Asset Management, a $500 million hedge fund. But by focusing on a single hedge fund and suggesting that “the proliferation of hedge funds

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Greg Newton is a veteran financial journalist who from 1988-2004 was President of The Metal Bulletin Holdings Corp of New York. His blog NakedShorts (http://nakedshorts.typepad.com/) takes a witty and insightful angle on market developments, with a special focus on hedge funds and commodities.
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    Very interesting read on "easy to manipulate" stocks. I definitely agree with a lot of what you have said.
    2006 Dec 07 07:25 PM Reply
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    Stocks are manipulated everyday not only in the smaller markets but larger markets as well, hedge funds, derivatives markets the list is endless
    2008 Jul 31 01:54 AM Reply
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    Look in the commodities markets for manipulation. It's been awhile since the article was posted. I think you can see pure manipulation going on in those markets for the last few years.


    On 2008 Jul 31 01:54 AM Jagger wrote:

    > Stocks are manipulated everyday not only in the smaller markets but
    > larger markets as well, hedge funds, derivatives markets the list
    > is endless
    2009 Aug 23 01:25 PM Reply