Gun Sales On Rise In FL On Fear Of An Obama Presidency

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What is ‘Short Selling’?

You may be surprised how little you know about short selling. It is a simple concept but is a bit difficult to explain on paper. If you have been following the current economic crisis you would know that short selling was banned in close to 800 companies on the New York Stock Exchange. So, let’s find out what short selling is.

So Why Short Sell Stocks? Speculation

The most apparent reason to short sell is to profit from what the investor believes is an overpriced stock or market. The investor is betting on the fact that a possible “bubble” will burst, and can earn money on losing stocks.

Basic Overview

Let’s put this in easy terms. When an investor goes “long”, it simply means that they have bought into a stock believing that the value of the stock will increase. When an investor goes “short”, they anticipate a decrease in share price. Read more

“Disappointed!”

With permission, below I am publishing an email I received from a reader here at Black Bear Blog.

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In light of today’s yes vote on the ‘Rescue’ package. I was compelled to E-Mail our state Rep. the Honorable Jim Gerlach.

Sir, I am most disappointed in your YES vote on the Bail Out!

Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis warned, ‘The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.’

The freedom of individuals from compulsion or coercion never was, and is not now, the normal state of human affairs. The normal state for the ordinary person is tyranny, arbitrary control and abuse mainly by their own government. Read more