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...glut of capital and no place to put it. Studios, meanwhile, were looking for a way to please their fiscally conservative corporate parents and share some risk. Some financial whizzes matched supply with demand and came up with a new way to bankroll films: institutional investors could take a portfolio approach to film financing and buy a stake in several of a studio's films, like a mutual fund of movies. The goal was to share in the typically 13%-18% annual rate of return that studios enjoy, with hits outweighing duds...
...that you don't actually have in hand, and have not made arrangements to have. Naked shorting allows traders to potentially manipulate stocks. The SEC is also considering an emergency order forcing hedge funds, which employ short selling as part of their trading styles, that have a $100 million portfolio to report their short positions daily. The implicit threat is, We will know who you are. (Long positions are already known by the SEC.) Also on Thursday Britain said it will ban all short selling of financial stocks until at least next January, while New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo...
...displayed in high-profile public venues including the National Museum of Singapore and the Singapore Art Museum, as well as at 2902. In keeping with the festival's democratic mission, there will also be plenty of opportunities for photographers and the general public to connect, including talks, workshops and portfolio reviews led by figures such as Frederick Baldwin and Wendy Watriss, founders of Houston's International Photography Biennial (popularly known as FotoFest). At satellite programs like View Finders, volunteers will hand cameras to people on the street and ask them to take pictures of their environment...
ACTION: As ever, focus on the long term and stay invested in a diversified portfolio...
Forget that portfolio of dodgy debt. Don't fret the lack of liquidity. If you really want to know who's in for a dusting amid the global downturn, check out the jerseys on show in English football's Premier League...