There should be more transparency on short positions and action taken to prevent naked shorts which will hurt the retail investors.
It’s ok to short shares that you own. It’s never ok to naked short or create synthetic shares.
What are thinking about doing!!! Shorts are much more ILLEGAL than Inverse Funds! Shorts are WAY above and beyond the TOTAL number of shares a company has total in number!!!!!
First of all- Proverbs 13:22 says that the sinners wealth is stored up for the godly. And good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren! I fully believe that the Lord is bringing about a great transfer of wealth thru many means and avenues not just the stock market. I've seen Him (the Lord) use real estate and my husband and I were beneficiaries of that a few times. All that being
Concerned with naked shorting and market manipulation amongst current hedge funds. Specifically naked shorting and delayed order flows.
I Definitely like the idea of firms reports on there shorts reflecting their synthetic shorts as well and think that’s crucial to market transparency.
Investors need to make their own decisions about these products. Inverse ETFs allow me to short the market as a hedge without having to take on the unlimited liability of actually shorting the index ETFs.
Current rules/regulations that are in place to monitor/report short selling and positions associated with short selling are entirely inadequate. Rules in place that allow for many loop-holes including short exempt, married calls/puts and dark pool activity + high frequency trading leaves currently regulations looking like swiss-cheese. Abuse from market makers and hedgefunds that are paid in gold
Short selling has not gone beyond simply providing for market liquidity and has become a method to destroy shareholder value. New rules (or better enforcement) need to take place to prevent this from continuing. Start by forcing all brokers to default their clients' positions to "not lend." This will restrict the available shares. Additionally, mandate that all short positions
Daily reporting of new short positions. Complete transparency of companies entering short positions (similar to the way long positions are reported).
