Look what banning all short selling got Pakistain – market has gone down 20%
It will be a tough sell to ban all shorts if the financials continue to deteriorate in the face of the ban.
In additions the broker dealers are all losing money on the ban as many refuse to trade without the ability to hedge their positions. Extending the ban will ensure people ONLY trade commodities.

Either the economy is WAY better than i thought or we are going to be in a depression next week. Cramer actually recommended buying gold. Ususally when he recommends going long something, BSC, LEH, financials, i either sell or short. Usually when he makes market calls i assume the exact opposite will occur – how many times have we “put a bottom in” since last August?
So imagine my confusion when he states “go long gold” and i already am. Further, instead of selling i want to add to the position.
What is a girl to do….

With respect to kudlow, his final statements tonight prove that you don’t need to take crack to be on crack!

If things get worse, is there a respectable chance the government might bar short selling across the table ala pakistan, china ?

any precedent in the States ? TIA

What I do know (and everyone who knows me has heard me rant about this for years) is that the debt monster we are leaving is wildly immoral. I’ll be surprised is the generations behind us don’t just kill us all rather than pay a dime for our care. And I’m not sure I blame ‘em. What a selfish bunch of assholes, from those my Dad’s age right on down through my age and younger (I’m 51). We, collectively at least, are thieves. With any luck the Chinese will need domestic helpers…..

Not NYU. I’m not Roubini.. ;-)
Not Stiglitz either. Just an enthusiast.

Economics isn’t exactly brain surgery.

i was a bit early selling my fxe and udn.. still money in the bank…

so far $usd 76.25 has not halted the fall. never know what paulsen will pull out of his hat, though.

what if they halted ALL trading for a week?

Are you on Fast Money?

……..(grin)…

agree that the 10 year and 30 should soar from these absurd lows but i won’t hold my breath or risk capital.

my plan for now is to keep the money i’ve made this year…

leftback, are you a professor at nyu?

SRS having a nice 7.20 bump today. Added to prior positions and got in at 71-72 on Friday. Will it last? Who knows…….

You may be sharper than a bag full of needles. Like your idea. I will try a little as I contemplate my burger with all the fixins’

At some point when yields reach a strong technical resistance I will creep back into Treasuries, but it may be a while before we all ride the D-train™ again, bro. Right now I am short the 10-year via DKXSX, will leave this on until we hit 4.00 I think.