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The Return of Shorty?

Posted on July 25, 2008

Guess what. All those Evil Shorts that single handedly toppled those perfectly healthy financial giants? You know, the one's that got pantsed by Monday's rule change that wasn't actually a rule change?Turns out they haven't exactly closed up shop. Many have apparently just moved into options. This from the Dow Jones newswires via MarketBeat (hat tip Abnormal). The Securities and Exchange Commission s move to curb naked short selling may have blunted some of the selling pressure on financial stocks. Or, it may have just driven that business into the options market.Options traders don ...

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