Comments on: Shorting Using Inverse Funds

By: CuriousCat: Tax Considerations with Mutual Fund Investments

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:06:56 +0000

With an open end mutual fund the price is calculated each day based on the net asset value, which is fair but really the true value if there is a large potential tax liability is less than if there was none…

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By: SEC Temporarily Bans Short-selling Financial Stocks at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:03:06 +0000

I wish they just properly regulated short selling the last 10 years (the failure to do so has been very disappointing). And I would be against banning short selling unless there were a very extreme situation…

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By: Naked Short Selling at Curious Cat Investing Blog

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:40:51 +0000

There was a bunch of excitement recently when the SEC announced it would bother to enforce the law to protect a few large banks, many of whom are said to practice naked short selling but didn’t like it when that was done to their stock…

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By: CuriousCat: Does a Declining Stock Market Worry You?

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:09:35 +0000

if the economy struggles (and with the huge credit card like spending Washington much of the last 30 years and huge increases in gas prices that is certainly possible). But I am not worried…

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