jacosa's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/205298/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/168494-ezcorp-value-play-at-your-local-pawn-shop?source=feed#comment-727013 727013 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:51:26 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/97348-how-to-spend-700b-and-actually-solve-the-problem?source=feed#comment-264702 264702
The social consequences would be horrendous, and it's pretty obvious that there would be an artificial boom that would make 1999 look tiny. So maybe a few less hundreds of billions might be a better number: saving money on a bailout isn't bad.
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The social consequences would be horrendous, and it's pretty obvious that there would be an artificial boom that would make 1999 look tiny. So maybe a few less hundreds of billions might be a better number: saving money on a bailout isn't bad.
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/96934-government-bailout-we-are-all-keynesians-now?source=feed#comment-262405 262405 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:05:19 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/96340-short-selling-the-free-speech-of-wall-street?source=feed#comment-259249 259249
Naked shorting is the same as watering a stock. It's very different from real shorting. There are plenty of honest alternatives, too (only...they don't distort the markets in favor of the people using them).

It looks to me like we had a teaser of tightening the lid on uncovered shorting, and now we're seeing restrictions on real short sales. That carries a risk of setting us up fpr a bigger collapse next time.]]> Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:10:55 -0400
Naked shorting is the same as watering a stock. It's very different from real shorting. There are plenty of honest alternatives, too (only...they don't distort the markets in favor of the people using them).

It looks to me like we had a teaser of tightening the lid on uncovered shorting, and now we're seeing restrictions on real short sales. That carries a risk of setting us up fpr a bigger collapse next time.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/88883-on-short-sellers-and-dishonest-executives?source=feed#comment-222274 222274
I'm an investor. Any irrational move threatens me (I can pick my opportunities, but that runaway truck could come through anywhere). If a company mends its evil ways and seems poised for a turnaround, a determined bear raid can drive it out of business. That's as bad for me as a rockstar CEO producing an unjustified run-up, and a good deal harder to anticipate.

So? Well I'd sure like to have the uptick rule back. And on the other side I'd like to see legal margin requirements (and related capital requirements) used to push back on buying stampedes.]]> Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:22:04 -0400
I'm an investor. Any irrational move threatens me (I can pick my opportunities, but that runaway truck could come through anywhere). If a company mends its evil ways and seems poised for a turnaround, a determined bear raid can drive it out of business. That's as bad for me as a rockstar CEO producing an unjustified run-up, and a good deal harder to anticipate.

So? Well I'd sure like to have the uptick rule back. And on the other side I'd like to see legal margin requirements (and related capital requirements) used to push back on buying stampedes.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/78008-snuggling-up-to-a-new-position-in-build-a-bear-workshops?source=feed#comment-179191 179191 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:20:54 -0400