Boy, the German short sale ban is really going well so far… The lack of support for the new rule by other European nations is no doubt contributing to the uncertainty (read “losses”) being seen in financial markets today as discussed a short while ago on CNBC.

Is anyone keeping track of the number of ham-handed moves that the Germans have made over the last six months or so? It’s as if they’re just trying to tear the monetary union apart and sink the currency by doing everything but saying so.