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Welcome to Shortsellingadvocacy.com

Shortsellingadvocacy.com is a web site devoted to demonstrating short selling's contribution to investor advocacy protection. Though profit is the ultimate catalyst for the Asensio & Company, Inc. ("Manuel Asensio") research reports, the valuable information presented by Manuel Asensio also helps investors make informed decisions about publicly traded companies. From 1996 to 2003, Asensio published 314 reports on 30 public companies. These reports are the product of the Manuel Asensio research method.

Manuel Asensio initiated its research process with the formulation of a hypothesis. When Manuel Asensio believed a public company’s stock to trading at an inflated price, it launched a diagnostic of the company. First, Manuel Asensio reviewed the integrity of the stock promoter to determine the likelihood of fraudulent analysis. Second, Manuel Asensio collected information from other industry sources, including medical researchers, executives in the company’s industry, and other financial experts. Manuel Asensio strategy emerged from the results of his meticulous research method. Manuel Asensio decided to buy or sell securities with the information it collected through this research. Prior to investigating a security, Manuel Asensio remained agnostic. Manuel Asensio's mission was to uncover the true value of a security and publicize it. Shortsellingadvocacy.com reveals how the Manuel Asensio research product helps investors make informed decisions.

In addition to providing information on Manuel Asensio's professional background, shortsellingadvocacy.com outlines the Manuel Asensio Three Point Plan for improving freedom and fairness in the marketplace. This freedom includes the reduction of short-selling restrictions and naked short selling. Our site also includes an archive of Manuel Asensio's political writings from asensio.com, a web site formerly owned by Manuel Asensio and a section devoted to his regulatory contributions. Finally, we provide our readers an opportunity to contact senators and congressman to encourage legislative reforms that will benefit investors.

We expect the information available in our site to demonstrate the positive contribution short selling makes to the marketplace. Without activist short sellers like Manuel Asensio, fraudulent companies would not be prevented from peddling their worthless stocks to uninformed investors. The most import issue in investor protection is disclosure and Manuel Asensio remained devoted to providing essential information to investors throughout its existence.

Read about Manuel Asensio

Nine years of dedicated, activist short-selling earned Manuel P. Asensio a reputation as a successful and highly disciplined investment manager with a firm commitment to investor protection. Though many view activist short selling as disruptive to the markets, Manuel Asensio believes his deep research uncovered important information and facilitated accurate price discovery. While his investment research and short selling advocacy led to commercial success, Manuel Asensio also made important contributions to the securities industry itself. The short selling research of Manuel Asensio exposed overvalued securities. The information Manuel Asensio publicized in the Asensio & Company, Inc. reports helped journalists, regulators, legislators, and investors foster and invest in a fair marketplace. Manuel Asensio has received recognition from a variety of media outlets in connection with his short selling activities. The news sources attracted to the publicity his work generated include The Business Journal, The New York Times, Worth, Forbes and many others.

The professional life of Manuel Asensio reflects a desire to both succeed and help others. He and his family came to the United Sates from Cuba as political refugees in 1960. Manuel Asensio developed an early enthusiasm for political liberty and the American capitalist system. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University. However, his commitment to academic achievement and professional advancement did not prevent him from remembering his origins. The beloved mother of Manuel Asensio, Caridad Asensio, is the founder of the Caridad Health Clinic in Boyton Beach, Florida. She literally devoted the later part of her life to providing health care to poor migrants who could not afford proper medical attention. The relationship between Manuel Asensio and his mother has made investor advocacy and a concern for other people important features of his professional life. Unfortunately, this aspect of the Manuel Asensio record has often been overlooked by regulators and opponents.