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The SEC Scandal You Don’t Read About in the Papers
The media fails to cover the full story of an SEC scandal
The SEC Scandal You Don't Read About in the Papers
The media fails to cover the full story of an SEC scandal
Deutsche Bank Sold Massive Amounts of Phantom Stock
Floyd Norris of Times Misses Story About Phantom Stock at Deutsche Bank
Naked Shorts Frolic While Financial System Fries
“Morgan Stanley shares have been under extraordinary pressure as of late, for no apparent fundamental reason, as we…
October 10, 2008
CNBC Spectacle Precedes Naked Short Massacre
So the SEC today lifted its ban on short-selling, and all but declared open season for law-breaking naked…
Naked Hunting Season to Resume Tomorrow
In a few hours, the SEC will lift its ban on short-selling of 900 stocks. That is well…
October 8, 2008
The Naked Short Selling That Toppled Wall Street
The Wall Street Journal stated in a lead editorial last week that the SEC was “reasonable” to “clamp…
October 2, 2008
The Week the World Said “Naked Short Selling”
Make no mistake: what you witnessed this week was not some natural process – an economy “souring,” a…
The Week the World Said "Naked Short Selling"
Make no mistake: what you witnessed this week was not some natural process – an economy “souring,” a…
The Short Seller Myth of “Market Efficiency”
By the way, why am I wasting my time with this? Who cares about these screwball statistics?The SEC is talking about protecting companies from getting clobbered by illegal market manipulation. The SEC is talking about stopping a crime and upholding the basic tenet of capitalism and correct human conduct that says that someone who sells something had darn well better deliver it.