RE:RE:shortsJRPaulson has got to be the same guy as Brainwasher and then BigTimeBanker. Their posts are all so similiar and so bizarre. I guess you have to give this guy credit for perseverance. Long gold stocks and short CDN bank stocks has been a brutal strategy for the past year but he might recoup at least some of his losses in the next few weeks or months. But only a small part.
As for shorting SU, anything can happen but on a balance of probabilities, shorting SU from here looks like a very risky play. I think SU has been hurt recently by management musing about acquisitions which scared those people expecting a big divi increase in February. It looks like those people have been shaken out now.
And note the SH main page story wherein CNQ is a top pick for 2014. If CNQ does well in 2014, SU will as well.
And someone else here pointed out that anyone shorting SU is betting against Buffet. Not a good move, historically. But it's a free market!