Yesterday's release of short interest figures for the Nasdaq confirmed the increases we saw last week in the NYSE. Updating our figures for S&P 500 short interest shows that the average stock currently has 5.8% of its free float sold short. While part of the rise can be attributed to hedge funds and the increased popularity of long/short mutual funds, at least some is attributable to negative investor sentiment.
The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation. It's bullshit. You got ninety percent of the American public out there with little or no net worth. I create nothing. I own.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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