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Ian Comment On Regulatory Notice 21-19

Digital data doesn't require days to locate. Short interest and FTD data is able to and should be reported daily. The varying T+ cycles have proven to work in the favor of Funds that make their money shorting companies out of existence, by allowing them to be wildly over-leveraged in their positions and also creating opportunity to take advantage of methods like naked short selling. If the data isn't reported, the market price isn't accurate. The rules are an illusion and the fines are effectively a small fee to pay to be able to abuse the market in these manners.

Bryan Greer Comment On Regulatory Notice 21-19

Short selling, as a tool was intended to hit back at corporations that were found to be cooking the books. Unfortunately, today it is a tool with nefarious intention with no regard for the impact it might have have on an otherwise good company, it's entire employee base and downstream jobs it involves itself in. As one who has managed portfolios and also invests privately it has never been more clear that banks and funds collaborate to impact fair value in their favor. If the investment field is ever going to be fair... If the US Stock market is ever going to be trusted...