If anyone does read this, I would like to say thanks for doing so. First I would like to bring up the families these big hedge funds probably have destroyed by shorting companies they see as competition through what I believe is called compensated bonds. The fact the "system" of wall street and shorting and even buying into stocks is heavily favored to the side of the big institutions
Clearly… the market has become so rigged, unenforced and rebellious that unless you enact changes, companies will decide for themselves to create their own depository and turn every share into an NFT on the blockchain, because nothing else can protect them from predatory and malicious actions of bad actors that are emboldened by a system that gives them little oversight and allows them to
I have attempted to read and understand the proposed rule changes set forth in these reporting enhancements on the topic of Short Interest Positions. I would like to make sure that my voice is heard as a full supporter of these rule changes! The reporting changes contained in these enhancements are critical to not only have them PASSED but also to have them 100% enforced. The amount of
The Neutral Corner - Volume 1—2023
Published January 5, 2024.Updated July 10, 2024.*On May 22, 2024,1 the requirements relating to Covered Agency Transactions, as amended pursuant to SR-FINRA-2021-010,2 went into effect. “Covered Agency Transactions,” as defined more fully under amended Rule 4210(e)(2)(H)(i)b., are (1) To Be Announced (TBA) transactions (inclusive of adjustable rate mortgage transactions) with settlement
November 26, 2001Periodically, important messages need to be broadcast to the OATS user community. The quickest medium is the OATS Announcements Page on the OATS Web Interface. The information posted to the OATS Announcement Page is usually urgent and may affect what you can process or see on the Web Site. It is very important that you monitor the OATS Announcements on a daily basis to see the
October 5, 2000NASD member firms receiving orders in Nasdaq securities during after-hours sessions are required to submit those orders to the Order Audit Trail System (OATS) per NASD Rules 6950-6957, as they would report any other order in Nasdaq securities. The only difference is that after-hours orders are considered as received on the following OATS Business Day and, therefore, are not
Recent market activity involving GameStop stock has shed light on misbehavior by hedge funds and other financial institutions involved in a practice called naked short selling. Though naked short selling was made illegal after the 2008 financial crisis, loopholes exist that allow for this practice to continue. (More details here: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/nakedshorting.asp). This
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On August 26, 1998, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) Rule 2210 to require that written or electronic communications
FINRA is warning member firms of a new imposter website www.finnra.org (please notice the extra “n” in the domain name).
One portion of the website contains a link to a registration site that is not legitimate (see images, below).
In addition, it is possible bad actors could leverage the domain to send fake emails including those with imbedded phishing links or attachments containing malware.
