short list has what?

Coworker listening to CNN told me he just heard the protected list of companies from being shorted included some foreign aviation company and a biotech company. Apparently the government quickly put the list together and didn’t double check. Can someone confirm if this is true? Anyone else here this and if so, can you share the details?

http://sec.gov/rules/other/2008/34-58592.pdf

You can still short annaly mortgage reit (ticker NLY). I’m long. Please short it. Go nuts.

I don’t think any mortgage backed REITS are on the no short list - please correct me if I’m wrong

1.2x book value for NLY… not that attractive.

Yes, it’s ugly. Short it. I want to buy more in the $12 range.

mzwerner Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don’t think any mortgage backed REITS are on the > no short list - please correct me if I’m wrong I didn’t see any on the list.

Where the F is MetLife ? How in God’s name did they leave it off the list ? In an unrelated story, its one of the few financial stocks getting pounded today.