Yeah, it figures. Taiwan has banned short selling in equities. Period.
The brilliant and original move is aimed at "preventing short-sellers from depressing the market and [at] boosting investor confidence...."
Taiwan, I believe I may have detected the flaw in your plan.
Taiwan bans short-selling on shares of any company [Reuters]






Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 2:39PM
Isn't Taiwan basically a mini-China?
I'm surprised they allowed shorting in the first place...
Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 2:39PM
I am a retail broker in VA. What is Taiwan?
Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 2:40PM
remain calm .... all is well....
Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 2:57PM
I am a Telecom Executive, how do you spell Taiwann?
Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 3:04PM
Isn't Taiwan basically a mini-China?
I'm surprised they allowed shorting in the first place...
Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 3:19PM
I am a hedge fund manager. What is short-selling?
Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 3:29PM
I am the Grand Vicar of Chinese Motherland Politburo Socialist Worker's Party Democratic Republik of Soviet States, what is Taiwan?
Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 3:51PM
Actually, China just started permitting investors to short stocks. It is only in the decadent ex-capitalist nations that shorting is banned.
Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 3:53PM
This is funny, since China recently allowed short selling for the first time.
Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 3:55PM
I'm Chinese. Don't sell yourself short.
Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 5:06PM
The fundamentals of this ban are strong
Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 5:10PM
Oh woe! Will the lessons of Pakistan go unlearned? That means they burned down their exchange for nothing.
Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 6:56PM
Great, now instead of stocks going down we just have Taiwanese hookers.
Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 7:56PM
from the link "The regulator said it would also look into those spreading market talk intended to drag down stocks"
seriously? communists.