The Art of Short Selling

The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday halted short selling of 799 financial companies, pressing an assault on speculators after the collapses of Lehman Brothers and American International Group. Short sellers try to profit by betting that stock prices will fall. Here's how it works:

GRAPHIC: Bloombert News and The Washington Post - September 20, 2008

This Story SEC to Expand Trading Probes Article \| NEW YORK, Sept. 19 -- Regulators investigating the recent wreckage in financial stocks expanded their probes Friday and will examine whether investors manipulated the markets to profit from derivatives trades, in addition to short selling. The Art of Short Selling		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace GRAPHIC: Bloombert News and The Washington Post - September 20, 2008 ¬es=The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday halted short selling of 799 financial companies, pressing an assault on speculators after the collapses of Lehman Brothers and American International Group. Short sellers try to profit by betting that stock prices will fall. Here's how it works:" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('delicious')" onmouseout="resetbg2('delicious')" target="new">del.icio.us GRAPHIC: Bloombert News, The Washington Post - September 20, 2008 \'),\'newstrust\'+(new Date()).getMilliseconds(),\'dependent=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,alwaysRaised=yes,status=yes,directories=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,width=430,height=750,modal=no\'));ntw.focus();'" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('newstrust')" onmouseout="resetbg2('newstrust')">NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic		More on washingtonpost.com • More Business News » washingtonpost.com
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