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To: jjstingray who wrote (1802)	10/2/2008 3:09:29 PM
From: Perspective	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3209

It seems that they have banned short selling in every REIT I've looked at. Do you know of any that haven't been prohibited? I can't believe the shrinkage in available borrows. Fully 60% of my positions now have ZERO borrows - I can't add if I want to. And I've had shares taken away from me every day this week. I'm angry and disgusted. At this rate, I'll be restricted to short ETFs within a few weeks. The "good" news is that they can only do this emergency action for 30 days. Anything longer and they need a new law. `BC