I think any company that is an institution, a bank, a hedgefund, a brokerage or a market maker needs to have any of their orders routed through an order monitoring device before it's sent off so that they can no longer keep committing these society destroying crimes. Hypothecation, synthetic shares, naked shorting, naked long calls, falsely hiding puts by making them appear long, diverting
Here are a few suggestions to help regulate and enforce short sales that have gotten out of control in my opinion. 1. Reduce the reporting period to weekly (or preferably daily) from biweekly. 2. Require that exchanges report failures to deliver and naked shorts alongside covered shorts. 3. Reduce the holding period for reported days from 4 days to 2 or fewer. 4. Document and release the
FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed Amendments to FINRA Rule 5122 to Address Member Firm Participation in Private Placements
Comments: how many of you on the FINRA board are responsible for your own retirement? Ill bet you get a pension from the very government that Im betting will make a policy error. When The last fed President promised no more recessions, I wanted to find a way to bet against such arrogance. Not with your money, but mine. Ironically if Im right the IRS will tax me at a higher bracket. But if your
As an individual investor who started with very little and has put countless hours into learning the markets to be successful, Im completely outraged at the the thought of another government regulatory entity over-stepping their bounds in an attempt to protect me from risk. The money I invest comes from my employment wages, so there is careful calculation and consideration put into each position
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SEC Approves Rule Change to Modify the Dissemination Protocols for Agency Debt Securities
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