Short Sales: An Integral Part of Price Discovery

  • In 2009, CBOE stepped up its already vigorous regulatory initiatives by working proactively with regulators and legislators to help shape regulatory reform. The year 2010 likely will hold more of the same.
  • This is the third in a series of releases in the CBOE Newsroom (www.cboenews.com) that will offer background, status and CBOE views on issues in the regulatory spotlight.
  • In this installment, CBOE Executive Vice Chairman Edward Tilly discusses CBOE's perspective on the importance of short sales for bona fide hedging activities of market makers.

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CBOE Executive Vice Chairman Edward Tilly discusses the impact of potential short sale restrictions.

Making Sense of Short Sales
(Recorded Dec. 15, 2009)

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