Comments on: Seth Klarman, David Einhorn & Meryl Witmer Q3 2008 Holdings http://enlightened-american.com/2008/11/19/seth-klarman-david-einhorn-meryl-witmer-q3-2008-holdings One person's quest to make sense of a senseless American economy and society. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:26:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: pninen http://enlightened-american.com/2008/11/19/seth-klarman-david-einhorn-meryl-witmer-q3-2008-holdings/comment-page-1#comment-2600 pninen Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:47:58 +0000 http://enlightened-american.com/?p=263#comment-2600 SEC regulations should be updated to force these managers to report their short positions. Einhorn does a lot of short selling, and none of it gets reported. How can you understand anything about his position by only looking at one side? What kind of strange regulation requires one to report long positions but not short positions? This change is long overdue. Of course Einhorn could voluntarily report his shorts. That would be fresh. SEC regulations should be updated to force these managers to report their short positions. Einhorn does a lot of short selling, and none of it gets reported. How can you understand anything about his position by only looking at one side?

What kind of strange regulation requires one to report long positions but not short positions? This change is long overdue.

Of course Einhorn could voluntarily report his shorts. That would be fresh.

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