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Archive for February 2011

Danger in shorting the emerging world

In Trade deconstruction on 1 February 2011 with 1 comment

I should know better by this time than to try and short emerging markets. First exhibit: my ongoing debacle of a trade in BZQ (double short Brazil), bought last September for over $20, and currently sitting at about $16 on a good day. Many, many headaches has this trade given me. And now on to […]