Will SEBI ban Short Selling?

short selling banned in china, partial ban or stock lending in banking stocks banned in U.S. all done to prop the markets and improve the sentiment.
even in europe there is lot of short squeeze happening.
chinese mkts frozen up 10%, european indices up 7 to 8 %.
check out :
masterandstudentdotblogspotdotcom/2008/09/ban-on-short-selling-short-sellersdothtml

will india/ SEBI follow other countries and ban short selling ?

no SEBI will not ban bro bcoz in those country where it is ban people dont take bribe but here it is national habit so dont expect that here bcoz that will hurt FIIs only my view no predictions thnx

I guess SEBI would do that...Govt should also ban buying long......let the govt decide price of a stock. What a pathetic decision in US/UK!! It was political move. Now 1000s of Hedge fund would collapse and this will lead to more pain in the downside.

nowadays all decisions in india are made in consultation with U.S.govt.
proabably sebi is waiting for a decision from U.S.

Sometime some majors are taken as a major of control some adverse situation in the market. US banned short selling only as an immediate major to control financial instability in the market. The ban is only on 799 financial stocks.

I feel the ban will be taken off once things would be proper shape.

Till time I don't see any fear of such cases in India market...

Regards,
Jitu

no bro india n US are always playing see saw .see we are doing PSU banks private n they are doing PSU private .here we say GARV SE KAHO HUM BHARTIYA HAIN ,N THEY SAY GARV SE KAHO HUM DIWALIYA HAIN
That day is not far away that govt will impose cess on service tax for the help of hedge funds who went insolvent bcoz of indian bulls,...............

friends...
unfortunately sebi is not gonna take into consideration 'our opinion'..
the broadbase question is :
is banning shortselling healthy for the stock markets & overall economy.(any country).
Were the market regulators, govt,CEO's worldwide sleeping when the stock marking was booming few months back & making new highs everywhere...?????
didnt those govt experts realise that sentiment is playing and pushing the markets up without any strong fundamentals being changed..
WHY THE HELL THEY DID NOT BANNED 'TAKING LONG POSITION CALLS, FUTURES' ???????????
can we imagine in absence of shortsells at that time the markets would had made double the highs then wt they actually made..(sensex would had been 40000 & more).
This is wt a top notch US analyst said today:
In a booming market, short-sellers can be a needed restraint on overvalued stocks. They can also cushion a stock's fall as they buy to cover their positions.
and now wt this CEO's of the top US companies,bank(whose stock price have been battered) advocate :
CEOs have long complained that short-sellers spread negative rumors to drive down share prices. And in a "bear raid," an influx of short-sellers into a stock can cause other investors to flee, pushing the stock price down in a vicious cycle.
...So pathetic arguments...(they themselves have pocketed millions of dollars has bonus and filthy pay checks)
sorry friends bit long...my opinion is
such temporary practise by interepting & manupalating the rules of games will just make the things worse and will led to bad practise now & then on part o the regulators...so SEBI should not ban shortselling..
regards
harsh

SEBI officials will decide a meeting wtih the SEC one's. For that they'll also get a trip with family to US.

After first meet the officials perhaps will need another trip to US for a crucial meet. Perhaps after that they'll be able to make a decision.

And by the time they the economy in USA, BRIC, Europe and far east will be booming.

vps

So, playing by their rules , only shorts should be allowed for wheat and crude ,that would work better. BTW the biggest gainer was Goldman Sachs which bet billions on falling home prices last year , effectively taking short positions. No govts had any problems with it.