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Are Things Really That Bad?

Well, you tell me: Germany is banning short selling, yet again.

Remember what happened to stocks the last time short selling was banned, back in the old “credit crunch” days?

Do you remember, now?

In my estimation, this is an act of desperation, as the wolves circle the EU, taking chunks of flesh out of the PiiGS. As a result of this ban, expect market dislocation and a “no bid” market to ensue. Remember, short sellers provide the market with liquidity. Without them, well, you get “fuck you, you’re dead” market declines.

Expect some really fucked up news to hit the wires shortly. Either way, the euro is getting raped on this news.

UPDATE: I bought 10,000 [[FAZ]] @ $14.85

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40 comments

  1. GETGroup

    shouldn’t the Euro bounce on this?

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    • The Fly

      ROFL. WHY?

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      • panamaorange

        We’re going to bounce because Goldman steals my tweets.

        They didn’t call euro 1.35 as a target until 2 days after I did.

        Yes, Im 500 pips early on my cost average.But am i really underwater? Or am I merely a fashionably early ironic hipster?

        The dollar will gap down 1000 pips in a 1 minute trading bar—sometime soon. Im not capitulating until I see Jay-Z flashing Deutsche Marks.

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      • GETGroup

        It was Irony…just like the Trill was supposed to bounce it…

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  2. xxxHuggieBearxxx
    xxxHuggieBearxxx

    Hold me

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  3. Christian Gross
    Christian Gross

    Dude… It is NOT BANNING Short Selling… It is banning of NAKED short selling. And the banning CDS without bonds.

    So PLEASE correct it!

    http://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Bafin-verbietet-Leerverkaeufe-article878635.html

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    • The Fly

      Shut up. Same sentiment.

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      • Sam

        Not it’s not.

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      • tradingnymph

        C.Gross….Click the link to the Reuters article he posted in the blog, it has the specifics…and we already talked about it being naked 2 blogs or so ago…….It’s what happens next which is so interesting…..fwiw, even though ZEW didn’t hit as low as whisper last night, it did fall below Analyst Estimates which imho surprise the lame German Govt and they know with Santa China slowing it’s only going to get worst…….

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    • Mookie Shnooks
      Mookie Shnooks

      How can anyone really ban naked short selling when George Soros co-owns the DTC (aka “Cede & Co.”), which is the branch of the Federal Reserve that counts the stock certificates, to ensure only shares that are held are being shorted. Good old Soros gets a % commission on every short stock certificate — real or imagined — that passes through the DTC.

      We all know Soros would never give this up.

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  4. scum bucket bitchez
    scum bucket bitchez

    Naked shorts bend over for some FAZolene.

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  5. sniper6

    fuckin’ fuckery, is all.

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  6. The_Real_Hmmm

    The action in the credit card companies is HORRENDOUS.

    Sugar is up 6%. FaLOLfels all around.

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  7. Yogi & Boo Boo
    Yogi & Boo Boo

    Borrow or no borrow, the effect is the same; bail on equities and sell euro.

    VXXmobile zipping along nicely today.

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  8. koushuu

    Jesus holy christ fly buying FAZ means its time to head for the hills?

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  9. Taqiyya

    Despite occasional good things, Germany remains an idiotocracy not really knowing who or what they want to be. Too many actungs have Merkel with a serious case of spätzel vision.

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  10. A Monkey with a wheelbarrel full of Euros
    A Monkey with a wheelbarrel full of Euros

    Its ON baby. Long VXX and KSS and CASH.

    Why KSS you ask, you did, I heard you? Because my wife shops there, naturally, that alone will ensure some good biz.

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  11. MarshalN

    FAZmobile! I thought the Fly swore off such egregious murder machines.

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  12. Mr. President

    LE FLY JUST ENTERED THE FAZMOBILE.

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  13. ZenProfit

    FAZ buy reflects Meredith Whitney’s position on banks:

    Investors Should Avoid Banks ‘At All Costs’: Meredith Whitney

    http://classic.cnbc.com/id/37195213

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  14. Dr Fly

    VXX approaching FLASH CRASH highs, despite being 600 points higher on dow. COUNT MY WINS.

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  15. Dr Fly

    Added to VXX 15 minutes ago: FYI

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  16. jimmie

    The Germans are coming sell everything they are going to fuck everyone hard in the ass just how they like it.

    Fukcing krauts!

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    • ZenProfit

      “they are going to fuck everyone hard in the ass”

      I thought that was the Greeks.

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      • Mr. Cain Thaler
        Mr. Cain Thaler

        With Germans, it’s a chick wearing a strap on that does the actual deed.

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  17. GW

    WTF happened to the mkt ?

    Germans ban nekkid short selling……that still means you can short with a borrow which should mean that the short sellers can provide liquidity no?

    Euro zone should be renamed to fairy land.

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  18. PhorexPhucker

    My EURUSD target 1.1700. Went short at 1.2430.

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  19. charlie

    It’s been well over a year since I’ve take the FAZmobile for a ride.

    The video speaks for itself:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8Vo-yvtwpg&fmt=18

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  20. Mookie Shnooks
    Mookie Shnooks

    Is the illegal shorting of penny stocks going to be discontinued on the anonymous Xetra ECN in Germany, I wonder? How will the market makers ever be able to manipulate the market?

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    • GW

      yeah right…those criminals will keep shorting small caps…..had one go to zero thanx to a listing on the german stock exchange

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  21. MarshalN

    The EUR is getting destroyed

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  22. Braveflaps

    I just went to my local Chinese for take out.

    I ALWAYS get tofu but today for the love of cows I ordered beef and, I swear, I taste dog, or at least what I think Rover would tastle like.

    *&^%%&$^%$%#

    At least it’s not fetus.

    I think.

    *^%&$^##%@#$@$#@

    Go VXX

    Go Fly

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  23. Donnie

    If you are feeling bad you should listen to the latest Adam Corolla podcast – Hot Chicks With Douchbags

    http://bit.ly/c2aZRA

    You will feel better while your portfolio is being decimated by the fuckery.

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