07/16/2008 SEC prevents naked short sale on certain financial st

07/16/2008 SEC prevents naked short sale on certain financial stocks

July 16, 2008 12:26 PM EDT

In the SEC order today, to require that anyone effecting a short sale in the securities of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and primary dealers at commercial and investment banks, arrange beforehand to borrow the securities and deliver them at settlement, the SEC identified the following securities:

BNP Paribas Securities Corp (OTC: BNPQF) or (OTC: BNPQY)
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)
Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS)
Citigroup (NYSE: C)
Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS)
Daiwa Securities Group (OTC: DSECY)
Deutsche Bank Group AG (NYSE: DB)
Allianz SE (NYSE: AZ)
Goldman, Sachs Group (NYSE: GS)
Royal Bank ADS (NYSE: RBS)
HSBC Holdings PLC ADS (NYSE: HBC) and (NYSE: HSI)
J. P. Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM)
Lehman Brothers Holdings (NYSE: LEH)
Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER)
Mizuho Financial Group (NYSE: MFG)
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS)
UBS AG (NYSE: UBS)
Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE)
Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM)