Article: Ban On Naked Short-Selling Spurs Stocks

ROBERT SIEGEL
NPR All Things Considered
07-25-2008
Ban On Naked Short-Selling Spurs Stocks

Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time 20:00-21:00 PM


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ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel.

MELISSA BLOCK, host:

And I'm Melissa Block.

We're going to talk now about short selling, naked short selling. First, some background. It's been a bad year for the banking business, but lately there's been a turnaround. Even though yesterday there was a big sell-off in the market, most financial stocks are still much higher than they were a week ago. A lot of people who follow the markets say one reason for the rally was the decision by the Securities and ...

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