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Short sellers getting inside info on CEO share sales?

July 22, 2008 — 1:26pm ET | By Jim Kim
These days, one mark of success as an academic in finance is whether your work will form the basis of an enforcement action. We've seen several studies lead to big investigations. The most recent... Read more...

How to grapple with short sellers?

July 17, 2008 — 2:26pm ET | By Jim Kim
Short sellers, who seemed so out-of-favor just a few years ago, have had a great run recently. There have certainly been plenty of targets. The Financial Times raises a timely issue: how do you deal... Read more...

SEC to take hard line on rumor spreading

July 14, 2008 — 7:53am ET | By Jim Kim
As soon as Jaime Dimon went off on short sellers (see next item), the SEC took the unusual step of issuing a warning that it is taking hard look at rumor mongering to manipulate securities prices.... Read more...

Dimon goes off on short-sellers

July 13, 2008 — 8:26am ET | By Jim Kim
One could argue that Jaime Dimon and his JPMorgan Chase benefited from the implosion of Bear Stearns. They got the bank on the cheap,... Read more...

Surprise: Short sellers fare well

July 10, 2008 — 3:29pm ET | By Jim Kim
Dedicated short sellers, those who do nothing else, are something of a dying breed on Wall Street. There just aren't that many left. But there is more short selling going on than ever before,... Read more...

Lehman takes a big swing at the shorts

June 9, 2008 — 8:36am ET | By Jim Kim
Speculation was heavy that Lehman might make some sort of early earnings announcement. As it turns out, the embattled firm some guidance on Monday, confirming the many predictions it would lose money... Read more...

Where have all the shorts gone?

May 21, 2008 — 6:59am ET
When Douglas Kass, in an interview with Barron's, calls short sellers "an endangered species, like the dodo bird," you have to draw a distinction. He's talking about short sellers who do nothing... Read more...

How a bear raid might work

April 22, 2008 — 6:59am ET
There has been a lot of talk--and probably a government investigation--about whether short sellers powered Bear Stearns out of... Read more...

Another round: Lehman Brothers vs. shorts

April 3, 2008 — 7:59am ET
The Lehman Brothers bears took a bath when the market rallied on the news that the company had raised $4 billion to shore up its capital... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: More on Goldman Sachs compensation; Short sellers rally in Nov.; and much more...

December 19, 2007 — 7:59am ET
Company News:> More on Goldman Sachs compensation. Article > Still hope for Cerberus-United Rental deal. Read more...
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