Normally...short interest is an allowable mechanism that keeps everyone honest.
If not for the normal short interest on the current finance issues, as citizens, we would never know.
The government is being bitten by it's own regulation and is being selective now by banning short sales on financials along with a special exception list?.....lol
The whole issue is to protect the Wall St Greenburg types.
I'm for bailing out no one.
They're spreading fear of our monetary system to get what they want.....while trying to relay to us the only way out is to dilute yet again!
As a US tax payer, I'm ready for a shake out.
doni