Short selling rules are likely to change soon.

Whether or not the government will decide to enforce them is another question; whether or not they will apply to the “friends” of government, like Goldman Sachs (sometimes spelled “Sucks”) is yet another question.

(Summer of 2008 saw restrictions on shorting the shares of financial institutions for a specified time period; Goldman Sachs was exempt from the temporary restrictions.)

(Similarly, the “uptick” rule has come and gone; and rules preventing “naked” short selling [short selling without borrowing the stock] was allowed if you were a big shot, but the little guy was prevented from profiting by that handy tactic.)

My friends at Casey Research have decided to make it easy to learn about short selling by providing an e-book on the topic.

The e-book is free for subscribers to the Casey Report.

The Casey Report is not only inexpensive, but you can get a risk free trial offer here.