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Jonathan Swift prophesied, “When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in a confederacy against him.” The question is, Will the US turn into Britain circa 1961? Or are there enough cracks in the system that the dawn can break through? As Dirty Harry put it, “Well to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I’ve kinda lost track myself.”
Moral Hazard at the SEC
When attempting to understand much of what happens at the Securities and Exchange Commission, I believe moral hazard is nearly as important a factor as the much more frequently-discussed matter of regulatory capture.
Goldman’s gold has lost its luster
Goldman may be flush with cash, but with pressure mounting on politicians to reject any of it in the form of campaign contributions, suddenly that cash doesn’t spend nearly as well as it used to.
The SEC and its culture of regulatory capture
But dig a little deeper and you’ll find the Stanford case is the bigger outrage by far, not so much for the scam itself, but for the shocking behavior of the regulators tasked with preventing it. Where Madoff was enabled by SEC bureaucratic incompetence, Stanford was empowered by overt SEC indifference.
SEC’s Schapiro on market manipulation
This clip, which recently aired on CNBC, is probably the best insight yet into the current mindset of SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro, with respect to enforcing laws against illegal market manipulation.
Anarcho-Regulation
Because our financial markets are so large and complex, and our financial markets regulator so captured and inept...we, the investigative bloggers, are stepping in to do the job the SEC either cannot or will not do.
Evidence of murder at 383 Madison Ave.
Nearly one year after its original date of publication, my video, "Hedge funds and the global economic meltdown" has finally received its first bit of serious criticism, and I can’t express how pleased I am about it.
I’ve astounded even myself!
Last week, I dared to predict the number of then unreleased delivery failures in shares of Sears Holdings. The numbers are out...
Cataloging Sears stock manipulation
Most of the examinations of stock manipulation published here on deepcapture.com take place after the fact, the damage being done. However, we've became aware of instances of apparently illegal, manipulative trading in several companies' stocks, happening right now, which we have the ability to monitor and report on in nearly real time.
How “Activist Investors” David Einhorn and Dan Loeb Brought Their Special Talents to Bear On New Century Financial
Did hedge fund managers David Einhorn and Dan Loeb sabotage the nation's second largest mortgage lender -- and the American economy?
Prepare to be astounded
I believe I can predict to within a few percentage points how many shares of SHLD failed to deliver during the second half of January.