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		<title>Jim Chanos on China, Hong Kong and Australia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Famous shortseller Jim Chanos was in Hong Kong and Australia and reported back on what he saw to Bloomberg Television. Copy provided below including a link to the video</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Kyle Bass on Hardtalk about Europe, Japan and Hedge Funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>BBC’s Hardtalk recently featured Kyle Bass, Founder of Hayman Capital, a  hedge fund based in Texas to talk about global markets and the sovereign debt crisis.

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		<title>Hugh Hendry on the economy and the sovereign debt crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<title>Jim Chanos: China has tons of contingent debt via state-owned enterprises</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The overall gist of Jim Chanos' comments on Bloomberg yesterday were that China has off-balance sheet contingent liabilities due to its implicit commitment to state-owned enterprises which are kneee-deep in land and property speculation. See Michael Pettis piece on The debt-financed investments of Chinese state-owned enterprises for a comprehensive analysis of this problem</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Jim Chanos: Still short</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Shortseller Jim Chanos was on CNBC talking about the markets and the economy. The gist of his comments was that there still isn't a lot he would go long on. He did say he is long casinos in China but in general he remains short. 

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		<title>Jim Chanos on China: &#8216;The Cracks are Spreading&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 15:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Jim Chanos sees a slowdown in residential property sales coupled with declining prices. Real estate companies are starting to close down. He argued on CNBC yesterday that this means the first signs of a Chinese slowdown are showing. Video below</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Jim Chanos makes the bearish case on China</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Fortune recently did a story on Jim Chanos called &#34;Chanos vs. China&#34; which warrants reading.&#160; Below is the associated video in which you can hear Chanos making the bearish case for China. Chanos is the most unapologetic and aggressive of the well-known bears about his case. For example, Andy Xie seems to have backpedalled somewhat </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Jim Chanos: &#8220;We are really rewarding failed business decisions repeatedly&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Jim Chanos, the famous shortseller, was on CNBC talking about the auto bailouts. Chanos thinks the story the administration is telling us about the success of the bailouts is misleading. Note the figures that Chanos cites on the return on the government&#8217;s bailout investment in the automakers. The government is playing fast and loose here </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Is Apple Ripe to Pick for a Short?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Casey Research</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>By Chris Wood of Casey Research “We want to kick off 2010 with a truly revolutionary and magical product.” That was Steve Jobs, preaching to a packed house at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco back on January 27, as he announced the iPad. Well, the device was finally released on </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Links on the German shortselling ban and more</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 13:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<title>Short Euro Liquidation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 20:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<title>Persevering Euro Weakness, German Naked Short-Selling Ban Stays in the Limelight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 11:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Highlights Euro weakness persevered into the European session, with Germany’s naked short-selling ban announcement still in the limelight (see below). The euro has broken through the $1.22 mark, down to a low $1.2144 in Asia -&#160; a fraction above the important $1.2143 level, which is a 50% retracement of the rally from the all time </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Beggar thy neighbour: Martin Wolf is singing from my songbook</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 20:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Obviously, the FT&#8217;s Martin Wolf has been listening to the same preacher I have because he is singing my song.&#160; In today&#8217;s FT he writes about the recent Beggar-my-neighbour eurozone policy and how the policy response in Europe has caused him, like me, to question his previous position that the Eurozone would never break up </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Gold hits all-time record high</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<title>Chanos: I warned Brown and Geithner of financial calamity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Evidence is now surfacing that Timothy Geithner and Gordon Brown were among policymakers warned in April 2007 of an impending financial crisis. Famed fund manager and shortseller Jim Chanos met with the policy makers at the time, along with several other hedgies during the G-8 Summit in Washington, D.C. Their worry: an impending financial crisis.&#160; </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Geithner to shortsellers: take your profits and go home</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Oppenheimer has a research note out today that calls Tim Geithner an "evil genius."   The genius moniker comes from the steady creep up the capital structure, giving Geithner access to huge pools of money as the Treasury dials for dollars. The evil part has everything to do with the pain this strategy is going to mete out to preferred shareholders and, eventually, bondholders</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Mea Culpa: The Fed is not going to buy treasuries</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Judging from recent events, the bond vigilantes are right to suspect that Ben Bernanke is all talk and no action when it comes to keeping long-term rates low.  If you recall, I had actually believed the Fed would support bonds because it was concerned about long-term interest rates. This is part of the reason I believed that Treasuries would rise despite being in bubble territory but it looks unlikely</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Massive short covering at VW and massive losses for hedgies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<title>Jim Chanos: short sellers are heroes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I just watched a great clip of an interview Jim Chanos, the famous head of hedge fund Kynikos Associates, did with the FT&#8217;s Gillian Tett (Hat tip FT Alphaville). Chanos does a very good job of arguing hat short sellers are being unfairly victimized by government. Basically, he and other hedge fund managers like John </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<title>Australia bans short selling too</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>It seems incredible &#8211; this rollback of the free markets. But, six countries have now banned short sellers of financial shares as if they are solely responsible for the market meltdown we suffered in the wake of the Lehman bankruptcy. The latest to join in the curbs is Australia. The country has yet to see </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Definition of the day: the law of unintended consequences</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<title>Short-selling financial shares is now illegal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The latest government intervention into the capitalist system is the move by the UK and U.S. governments to ban short-selling of all financial stocks outright. In the wake of the severe market turbulence unleashed by the failure of Lehman Brothers, the government has decided to insert itself into the marketplace and prop up share prices </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Too big to fail?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Recently, the SEC restricted short selling on a list of 19 stocks because of turmoil following the Fannie-Freddie worries last week. In effect, the SEC was signaling that these institutions are too big to fail because a number of these companies were not subject to rumors of massive losses while a number of institutions not </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>The short-selling rule and unintended consequences</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>When you start monkeying around with markets, strange things happen. This is what the SEC is about to learn as market makers from the seven options exchanges are preparing to ask for exemptions from the new anti-free market SEC short-selling rules. See the article below (emphasis in article). Tennille Tracy of Dow Jones Newswires reports: </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Welcome to The United Socialist States of America</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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