I am a novice retail investor and learning more each day. Here are a few remarks: 1. If naked or synthetic short is illegal, why allow it to happen? A company that issued 30 million shares should not be trading 100 million shares. 2. Rule breakers should pay fine to security agencies (SEC, FINRA, NTCC, etc.), compensate clients, and be restricted from trading certain stocks for a period of time.
Comments:I am a long term investor that prefers to use leveraged products to lessen my exposure to individual stocks. The risks have been made very apparent by my broker.
Hard working Americans, Retail Investors and those who were not born with a silver spoon only want two things: Transparency in the Stock Market and accountability. We need regulation bodies to hold those who perform malicious activity in the Stock Market accountable to their actions. Help restructure the system for a better and fair market! We are the people and we demand change! These past few
Hi, I don’t know if this will reach anyone or go anywhere but voices need to be heard so I’m here to put mine in. Truth be told most Americans are realizing the stock market which is supposed to be a fair free market is rigged against us smaller fish. This has led many many many investors to obviously pull out money or join the so called “meme stocks” to put it against the big guys who laugh at
Please Do Not Pass this legislation restricting our ability to invest in these types of funds and other investments as most of us know what we want when investing in these stocks or funds.
As an American under a government that really doesn't care about their constituents (both Dems and Repubs) and a plummeting stock market, we should be able to protect whatever little we have.
(a) Dividends or Rights
A buyer of stock who has the certificate in its possession in time to enable it to effect transfer prior to the closing of the books or to the record date shall have no claim upon the seller (unless the seller is the registered holder) for the dividend or rights pertaining to such certificate, but the seller, upon request of the buyer, shall use its best efforts to
I am writing to FINRA to comment today, pursuant to 15 U.S.C.A. § 78i, titled Manipulation of Security Prices, to prohibit manipulative and deceptive tactics that artificially depresses the price of AMC Entertainment and other securities in contravention of the laws of the United States. Section 78i(a) clearly states that "It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, by the
Recent market activity involving GameStop stock has shed light on misbehavior by hedge funds and other financial institutions involved in a practice called naked short selling. Though naked short selling was made illegal after the 2008 financial crisis, loopholes exist that allow for this practice to continue. (More details here: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/nakedshorting.asp). This
How can selling more shares than exist of a stock and trading those shares in the dark market to manipulate share price be legal?
