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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

MLP index has cut its losses in half down 5 points and some change. Plenty of time to make it back to the flat line. Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) has rallied back from -5 to -1.
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Anonymous said...

Some one on bloomberg radio said that small banks have been so reluctant to lend money to small business that they are offering loans at 20% to 25%. One wonders how any business can make money while they are paying 20% to finance thier inventory.

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9/18/2008 2:48 PM
Anonymous said...

Another institution cuts back on lending stocks to shorts.

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The New York Common Retirement Fund said on Thursday that it will stop lending shares of 19 bank and brokerage companies so they can't be used by short sellers. More than 105 million shares will be temporarily removed from the pool of available securities under the Fund's Securities Lending Program. The stocks affected include Morgan Stanley (MS:morgan stanley com new
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GS 100.30, -14.20, -12.4%) . "The financial services industry has experienced declines in public equity values that in some cases are unconnected to the long-term financial health of the industry," New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said in a statement. "By removing some of the fuel that is feeding this speculative fire, my action is intended to bring stability and rationality back to our equity markets."

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