Lehman – Financial Treason & Crime

Social Rejection?: Hedgie Steve Cohen Wants Out of East Hampton

Smashmouth Investigative Journalism, 17 January 2014

The world’s most infamous trader wants to get out of East Hampton, NY. Yesterday I reported for the New York Observer that Stevie Cohen, of SAC Capital, is trying to broker a private deal to sell a $60 million ocean front home he bought less than a year ago. His reasoning, according to a person on the deal, is East Hampton is ‘too Jewish’ and he has instructed people to start looking for another home in other Hampton enclaves.

This one real estate transaction has fueled a social media debate about what he’s really doing. Having lived and worked among Cohen-ites and his SAC Captial traders for the last decade out in Connecticut’s gold coast I don’t think his comment is a signal of anything anti-Jewish. Instead I believe it shows his social network could be failing since the hedge fund he founded plead guilty to supporting a culture of massive inside trading. Continue reading “Article: Social Rejection?: Hedgie Steve Cohen Wants Out of East Hampton”

SEC to limit shorting of Fannie, Freddie, brokers

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that it will try to limit so-called “naked” short selling of shares in Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and big brokerage firms.

The SEC will issue an emergency order stating that all short sales of shares in these companies will be subject to a “pre-borrow” requirement, said Christopher Cox, chairman of the SEC. This will last for 30 days, he said. The SEC is also planning more rule-making focused on short selling in the broader market, Cox said.

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Article: Social Rejection?: Hedgie Steve Cohen Wants Out of East Hampton

Article: SEC to limit shorting of Fannie, Freddie, brokers

SEC to limit shorting of Fannie, Freddie, brokers