Short selling


Short-selling ban comes up empty

ASIC announced this morning that it had lifted the ban on “covered” short selling.

Citigroup proof that shorting is destructive

If Citigroup is worth nothing, then we are all stuffed. So much for the claim that the stockmarket is “efficient”. It’s no more efficient at the moment than the NSW Government is in running a train, writes Glenn Dyer.

Global markets: What part of the past 24 hours don’t you understand?

It has been a confusing 24 hours on global markets, writes Glenn Dyer. So what’s going on?

Facts fail to bear out Groves’ hedge fund claims

Data shows that Macbank is the most-shorted stock on the ASX, but the bears are less enthusiastic about shorting ABC Learning Centres, despite the claims of Eddy Groves, reports Adam Schwab.