Recent content by stuttgart

Anyone have any thoughts about the many 150k shares parcels being traded at ~9.38 today? What's the theory relating to accumulation or distribution when multiple frequent abnormally large trades are performed at around the same price without any noticeable change in direction in the price...

Just a thought crossed my mind relating to how some of the financial institutions are being hit with sub-prime losses... May seem like a stupid question, but here goes... If a fund manager became insolvent, how are funds under management treated in the event of administration? Do creditors...

I asked ETRADE how I can go about taking a short position, and they said it can't be done thru them?!. They also recommended CFDs. Does anyone know of any other online brokers that allow it? or am I only going to be able to short with a "fuller" service broker? :)