Uptick Rule - 2008 Financial Crisis

2008 Financial Crisis

A paper from the New England Complex Systems Institute claims that they have found evidence that suggests the 2008 financial crisis was triggered by a "Bear Raid" market manipulation by short sellers against Citigroup late in 2007. The uptick rule was repealed in in July, 2007, and the alleged bear raid took place in November, 2007.

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