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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Naked Shorting-Hedge Fund & Market Maker manipulation? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (3671)	8/3/2008 12:07:00 PM
From: dvdw©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5034

Good luck in the face of being bought and paid for. Hedge funds shop around for financing Tue, 22 Jul 2008, 06:00 Wall Stree Journal Providing loans has long been one of the many services that the prime-broking arms of investment banks have supplied to hedge funds. But as the ability of banks to lend has become constrained by the credit crisis, hedge funds are encroaching on investment banks' turf and providing financing to each other instead. This breed of lenders is fighting for a slice of the USD11 billion in fees that analysis provider Tabb Group believes hedge funds will pay prime brokers this year. Securities consultancy Spitalfields Advisors Ltd has estimated the annual cost incurred in borrowing securities at USD50 billion. Hedge fund groups urge SEC to let 'naked' short-sale ban expire Tue, 22 Jul 2008, 05:46