Spot on..... tell me Mr Gates is the following scenario possible. A hedge fund manager is talking to a private equity funds manager and says x company shares are a bit vulnerable, I I think I will short them. The hedge fund manager says yes you short them and I think we will too! All the while the private equity manager has in mind launching a takeover after the shares are beaten down enough. That way private equity makes money on the way down and on the way up... it could also happen that private equity suggest to the fund manager that they all short and they would all help feed the media dribs and drabs to help their case!
I think that RCman has said that on a thread about amp today about them all briefing the media to suit their case
