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Sue Atherton Comment On Regulatory Notice 21-19

I can’t believe how non transparent Wall Street is. Institutional Investors have it all in their favour. Retail Investors have nothing. It’s a corrupt system. Nothing was learned by 2008. Dark pools should either be visible or outlawed. Synthetic share are a no but so clearly used but nothing is done to regulate. FTD’s are placed on the threshold security list for 13 days but then nothing happens. Whats the point? How much money have hedgefunds lost again not caring if they crash the markets as long as they make money.

Benjamin Fehling Comment On Regulatory Notice 21-19

Shorting as a market practice is a ridiculous concept to begin with because in no other area of a capitalist market can you borrow something that is already owned and then sell it, only to buy it back at a lower price to intentionally profit off of the initial lender. That aside, self reporting clearly isn’t working, and the ability for borrowed stock to be mis-marked, intentionally or otherwise, is a long standing pervasive issue. Shares need a better marking system to denote “Borrowed” and “Sold while borrowed (shorted)” and a running tally until returned to the original lender.