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To: russwinter who wrote (48158)12/25/2005 11:14:52 AM
From: zebra4o1  Respond to of 110194
 
Working on the premise that the fastest way to put some numbers on the board was to squeeze the shorts, "they set to work turning their performance lemons into lemonade."

Check it out: ShortSqueeze.com. Can't believe LEND has 60% of the float short.

shortsqueeze.com



To: russwinter who wrote (48158)12/25/2005 12:10:24 PM
From: Ramsey Su  Respond to of 110194
 
when it comes to hedge funds, we need to revisit this release,
occ.treas.gov

The OCC also reported that earnings attributed to trading of cash instruments and derivative activities increased by $2.9 billion in the three-month period, to $4.85 billion, a new record.

but isn't this just part of the big picture, may be just a small part?

How do the hedge funds fit into this $100 trillion casino?