Short selling is the Marmite of financial markets. Like the British breakfast spread, you either love it or hate it. Continental European types typically hate Marmite, and shorting – borrowing and selling stocks in the hope they fall – appeals to them even less. On Thursday France, Italy and Spain extended two-week-old bans on shorting financial shares, and Belgium’s remains.
賣空是金融市場中的Marmite調(diào)味醬。如同這種英式早餐醬一樣,有人喜歡,也有人討厭。歐洲大陸人通常不喜歡Marmite,而對賣空行為(借入并賣出股票,寄望于股票會下跌)更是不感興趣。周四,法國、意大利和西班牙延長了一項為時兩周的金融股賣空禁令,而比利時的禁令也繼續(xù)有效。
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