We will continue to make investment decisions in light of long-term market leadership considerations rather than short-term profitability considerations or short-term Wall Street reactions.
"It seems like every jurisdiction wants to get in on naked short-selling, " says Perrie Weiner, an attorney who has represented Wall Street against the naked short-selling crusaders.
Pecora immediately broadened the Senate investigation from short-selling to all Wall Street behaviour, starting with City Bank.
The short-term sentiment on Wall Street is skittish to say the least as many feared that stocks would drop sharply after the State of the Union message but so far the futures are actually up slightly.
In spite of the dominance of Wall Street short-term financialism, not all businesses operate that way.
The Dell case illustrates the perverse short-term view prevalent on Wall Street that dictates that growth must occur continuously, smoothly and linearly every quarter.
Corporate chieftains often complain about the pressure from Wall Street for short-term results.
In recent weeks, it was almost as if one of our stocks or another would fall prey to a bad announcement or short-sellers or abandonment by one Wall Street analyst or another.
He said that the 12-foot wall protecting their high-voltage wires was two feet short of the floodwaters.
Explaining currencies' short-term movements is a game for Wall Street analysts and other storytellers.
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But the relevant banks' shares are also traded in big international markets, such as the UK and Wall Street, where short-selling is still allowed.
General Mills reported fiscal second-quarter profits that fell short of Wall Street estimates Tuesday, as higher input costs and expenses contributed to pressure on the bottom line for the Minnesota-based snack food company.
Anybody who cares about the integrity of our capitalist system, the need for corporate governance and executive compensation reforms, and the need to eradicate short-termism as the dominant focus of Wall Street, should read the SEC's complaint against Dell.
But the secretary, who is the former chief executive of Goldman Sachs (nyse: GS - news - people ), seemed to stop short of a broad and permanent fix to the way Wall Street is regulated--something others on Capitol Hill and elsewhere have demanded.
Lawyers who have defended Wall Street firms against naked short-selling allegations say the problem is overblown and that companies that complain about manipulation are generally weak and looking to blame financial problems on outsiders.
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, much ill-feeling remains towards Wall Street, the investment banks and those individuals who profit from short-term movements in the financial markets.
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Rallying for six days in a row, towards the upper limit of its trade range with low volume, Wall Street is ripe for a short-term correction.
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They compared the short-selling activity to downgrades by analysts at 14 of Wall Street's biggest brokerages.
As Rob Wherry explains in Wall Street's Next Nightmare, short-selling is supposed to involve the borrowing of real stock certificates.
One big issue, greater public disclosure, or transparency, of short-selling activity, was met with resistance by many Wall Street insiders, for all the obvious competitive reasons.
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The news comes as brokerage firms post mixed results, with Bear Stearns (nyse: BSC - news - people ) announcing Thursday that it came short Wall Street's expectations (See "Fixed Income Bowls Over Bear"), as did Morgan Stanley (nyse: MS - news - people ) on Wednesday (See "Morgan Stanley Can't Keep Up").
Mr. Cooperman also has some pointers on how to handle Wall Street: reinstate the up-tick rule for short sellers and get rid of high frequency traders.
From the Wall Street point of view, this week will be short-lived, with the U.S. Independence Day holiday on Wednesday and most people taking the rest of the week off.
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Police told local media that the rear of the building had suddenly started to collapse on Wednesday morning, and within a short time the whole structure - except the main pillar and parts of the front wall - had caved-in, triggering panic.
Kleinschmidt, a self-proclaimed contrarian investor, thinks Wall Street focuses too much on the short term.
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The paint and chemicals supplier reported fourth-quarter revenue that beat Wall Street estimates, but its earnings fell short of expectations.
The software maker reported second-quarter earnings of 47 cents per share, short of the 49 cents predicted by Wall Street.
After a weekend of negotiations as Lehman Brothers Holdings was heading toward bankruptcy and Merrill Lynch was seeking a buyer, Wall Street firms lobbied Mr. Cox to take greater steps to curb short-selling.
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But much of it was due to the irresponsibility of large financial institutions on Wall Street that gambled on risky loans and complex financial products, seeking short-term profits and big bonuses with little regard for long-term consequences.
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