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I would love to have more transparency with companies taking short positions so that we can have somewhat of a level playing field. Maybe require companies to report short positions.
FINRA 21-19 will help to restore some of my confidence in the US financial markets. I say some because It is clear that the integrity of the United States market has been strained to the edge of disaster, in large part due to systemic risk developed under the regulatory authority of FINRA's outdated short interest reporting policy. Healthy markets benefit everyone in the long term. Given the
FINRA 21-19 is a long overdue change. It is clear that the integrity of the United States market has been strained to the edge of disaster, in large part due to systemic risk developed under the regulatory authority of FINRA's outdated short interest reporting policy. While many of the policies mentioned in Regulatory Notice 21-19 address the general breadth of exploitable and ineffective
Thank you for your time. Currently as it stands, there is too little information in true short positions. With a market makers ability to create synthetic shares for “liquidity”, at some point the true positions need to be accounted for. If a bank, a market maker, and or other parties can hide positions through layered securities like CDOs or swaps, there is no benefit to the market, only the
To whom may concern. Short stock ETFs are an important part of my portfolio. They help offset losses when market goes down. I dont have the knowledge to short stock on my own. Please keep the ETF for the regular investor.
Proposals look great and I'm in agreement with all as they stand. Further comments: There's no reason why in a fast digital age reporting can't be daily, providing the most up to date information to everyone. Addition of synthetic shorts is a very welcome one. Further, there is speculation derivatives can be used in a way to make it appear a long position has been taken to cover a
Regulatory Notice 21-19 addresses the general breadth of exploitable and ineffective reporting, they also leave significant gaps compromising the entirety of 21-19’s purpose. It is critical for the restoration of both the stability of the US markets and confidence of investors with in it that all regulation changes regarding short interest reporting be effective in every known circumstance where
Short interest needs to be reported everyday, just like volume and institutional holdings this is vital information to prevent over shorting a stock or non compliant behavior that limits price discovery and normal market dynamics.
Do not allow options mechanics or trading between parties to hide short positions. Also, make short positions greater than 2% of a stock’s outstanding shares public knowledge and require reporting in filings.
