Brace yourselves for impact

The FSA’s ban on short selling ended at close of play on Friday, just when Barclays was saying ‘I don’t know why you’re all selling my shares, there’s nothing wrong with us.. Really.. Stop selling.. Please”

A coincidence that suggests there might be a bit of a todo on Monday. Let’s see..

Well of course there was, but that had more to do with the largest corporate loss in UK history than any other factor. Sometimes facts overrule sentiment – but here they both pulled in the same direction.