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Maybe hoping to put a charge into flagging stock prices, China introduces a pilot program to...

  • Thursday, August 30, 2012, 9:12 AM ET
    Maybe hoping to put a charge into flagging stock prices, China introduces a pilot program to allow brokerages to offer margin lending, as well as stock lending for shorts. A market without shorts is a market that never experiences a rush higher from short-covering.
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    Are they trying to induce a bubble? my god!
    30 Aug 2012, 09:16 AM Reply Like
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    At least they're trying. Do you realy believe leverage a/o short sales wil induce a buble? What's the current p/e for the Chinese stock indices (asuming you can trust the numbers)?
    11 Sep 2012, 03:52 PM Reply Like
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