The tag 'SEC' is associated with 3 posts.

FTR #670 Update on the Meltdown, Part 3: Top Banana Republic

Posted by Dave Emory ⋅ May 19, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

U.S. is beset by the same struc­tural eco­nomic and polit­i­cal prob­lems as Emerg­ing Mar­ket coun­tries; Will the “Top Banana Repub­lic” pull through? Or will we bring the rest of the world down?

FTR #650 Analyzing the Causes of the Crash –
Interview with Lucy Komisar

Posted by Dave Emory ⋅ November 4, 2008 ⋅ 8 comments

Invest­ment indus­try cor­rupt to its foun­da­tions, in reg­u­lar col­lu­sion with U.S. reg­u­la­tory officials.

SEC’s Cox: ‘Naked’ Short Ban to Restore Confidence

Posted by ftrsupplemental ⋅ July 16, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

CNBC.com
The SEC issued its emer­gency rul­ing against “naked” short-selling to build investor con­fi­dence in mar­ket infor­ma­tion, SEC Chair­man Christo­pher Cox told CNBC.
“What we are par­tic­u­larly con­cerned about is the poten­tial for there to be mali­ciously man­u­fac­tured, false infor­ma­tion that feeds into a run, which is fur­thered by not legal short sell­ing, but ille­gal naked short selling,” [...]

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