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An Evaluation of the SEC’s Prohibition on Naked Short Selling

To put it shortly, it takes a long time to grow a tree and only a few minutes to chop it down....

An Evaluation of the SEC’s Prohibition on Naked Short Selling

The 'Short and Distort' artists we see destroying the market and companies today are basically supported by organized crime. Buying a quantity of puts beyond which are needed to protect long positions actually held should be prohibited. Naked shorting should have NEVER been allowed, even for market makers and their ilk. Offshore hedge funds seem to think they can operate with impunity from the balmy blue of the Carribean. Local sleezemeisters think they can do so due to SEC oblivion. In the process of shorting, naked or otherwise, the legitimate dreams of many law abiding investors have gone down the toilet. There was a time when investors had faith in companies and trusted that companies would do well over time, despite market perturbations. This healthy confidence has been usurped by liars, cheats, and thieving rumor-mongers who shout 'Fire' in a crowded theatre. The SEC simply must stop this and also reinstitute the uptick rule so normal investors have at least some scintilla of a chance.