auch Renesola ist in Verruf geraten.Offenbar wurde durch Naked Shorting der Kurs beeinflusst
http://seekingalpha.com/article/...tes-manipulation-of-ja-solar-stock Summary
ReneSola nearly qualified for the SEC's watch list for abusive short selling. Frequent small transactions also point towards price manipulation. Longs need not be afraid, but naked options trading isn't recommended.
This article investigates the evidence for market manipulation of ReneSola (SOL) and JA Solar (JASO) securities. Both are thinly-traded, small cap, Chinese solar companies that have been on the SEC's "watch list" for abusive naked short selling. Like most Chinese solar companies, these two stocks have tenuous balance sheets. But is it healthy short interest, or is it the abusive, manipulative variety?...
Andy Zelenak Growth, solar, energy, long-term horizon Profile| Send Message| Get real-time alerts (168 followers) Evidence Indicates Manipulation Of JA Solar Stock Jul. 1, 2014 8:39 AM ET | 5 comments | About: JA Solar Holdings, Co., Ltd. (JASO), Includes: SOL, SPWR
Disclosure: The author is long SOL, SPWR. (More...) Summary
ReneSola nearly qualified for the SEC's watch list for abusive short selling. Frequent small transactions also point towards price manipulation. Longs need not be afraid, but naked options trading isn't recommended.
This article investigates the evidence for market manipulation of ReneSola (SOL) and JA Solar (JASO) securities. Both are thinly-traded, small cap, Chinese solar companies that have been on the SEC's "watch list" for abusive naked short selling. Like most Chinese solar companies, these two stocks have tenuous balance sheets. But is it healthy short interest, or is it the abusive, manipulative variety?
Many have said that the practice of naked shorting was one of the contributing factors to the financial meltdown of 2007, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) began to crack down on naked shorting since then. As opposed to the normal variety, a naked short sells shares before ensuring that he has shares available to borrow. Thus, "phantom shares" are created. In the best case scenario, the short is able to buy shares and deliver on time - eliminating the phantom shares. However, sometimes naked shorts aren't able to cover, and a "Failure to Deliver" results.
From a market manipulator's perspective, the power of naked shorting lies in those phantom shares. The phantom shares can increase the supply of a stock and drive down prices - which might be very important if, say, a hedge fund owned put options that were about to expire.
I realize this might sound like crackpot speculation to some of my readers. If the SEC regulates the markets, how can market manipulation be prevalent? Unfortunately, it's not so rare. Jim Cramer openly discusses manipulation by hedge funds in this video (a very interesting watch!). Quote:
"… I would encourage anyone that's in the hedge fund industry to do it, because it's legal, a quick way to make money, and very satisfying."
"By the way, no one else in the world would ever admit that, but I don't care."
Cramer discusses market manipulation - (click to enlarge)
How Does the SEC Track Abusive Short Selling?
Brokers and dealers are now required to check that short sale orders are backed with borrowed securities, and it has been made "crystal clear that the SEC has no tolerance for abusive naked short selling." However, there are some indications that the practice continues. The SEC has estimated that 1% of all market transactions still result in failures to deliver. To keep tabs on which companies are likely being abused by naked short sellers, the National Securities Clearing Corporation maintains a list of "threshold securities."
In mid-May, ReneSola very nearly qualified as a threshold security. For the qualification, two criteria need to be satisfied:
Sellers failed to deliver at least 10,000 shares over five trading days, and The level of fails is a minimum 0.5% of the shares outstanding.
With 635k fails from May 19-23, ReneSola just missed the 0.5% threshold. Currently there are only 41 securities on the list, so qualification would have been a dubious distinction. JA Solar was off and on the list many times .... http://seekingalpha.com/article/...tes-manipulation-of-ja-solar-stock
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