﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Silicon Investor - NAKED SHORTING-Hedge Fund &amp; Market Maker manipulation?</title><copyright>Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media.  All rights reserved.</copyright><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=55464</link><description>GREAT WEBSITE - JOIN AND DONATE  investorprotectioncoalition.org   Write directly to the new President and his team about these issues  change.gov   GREAT NEW MESSAGE BOARDS FOR DISCUSSION OF ALL THESE ISSUES  thesanitycheck.com   MUST READING FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO GET A BACKGROUND ON THE ISSUES AS ...</description><image><url>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.png</url><title>SI - NAKED SHORTING-Hedge Fund &amp; Market Maker manipulation?</title><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=55464</link><width>380</width><height>132</height></image><ttl>10</ttl><item><title>[paul ta] Thank you very much for your posts here.  I am invested in this stock and watchi...</title><author>paul ta</author><description>Thank you very much for your posts here.  I am invested in this stock and watching.  Confused too.  But I am too much of a newbie to comment more than thanks.  </description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28768477</link><pubDate>3/8/2013 4:00:01 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[scaram(o)uche] &gt;&gt; I think that the buyer is Mary Jo White &lt;&lt;   Tough crowd, nobody laughed?   I...</title><author>scaram(o)uche</author><description>&gt;&gt; I think that the buyer is Mary Jo White &lt;&lt;   Tough crowd, nobody laughed?   Issue has never returned to that blatant-bogus trading pattern.  Apologies for disrupting the sleeping thread.   Thanks, as always, to rruff for insights and this forum. Good weekend, all!   Rick</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28768427</link><pubDate>3/8/2013 3:45:48 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[scaram(o)uche] I think that the buyer is Mary Jo White.  Could be wrong.</title><author>scaram(o)uche</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28754037</link><pubDate>3/1/2013 10:55:43 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[scaram(o)uche] Obviously, as soon as I post?  The trading pattern of two months is broken.  Lov...</title><author>scaram(o)uche</author><description>Obviously, as soon as I post?  The trading pattern of two months is broken.  Love to take credit, but it's a press release from the company and a seeking alpha article.  Best!  Rick</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28749442</link><pubDate>2/27/2013 11:53:09 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[scaram(o)uche] Some here have watched ACTUAL naked shorting, and know what it looks like.   I h...</title><author>scaram(o)uche</author><description>Some here have watched ACTUAL naked shorting, and know what it looks like.   I haven't seen anything particularly suspect since Reg Sho, but.....   now??.......     I've been following an issue for two months, ONTY.   Capping, intimidation on the ask, pulsatile selling with no corresponding call buys, unlimited shares ...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28748031</link><pubDate>2/26/2013 3:38:36 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[scaram(o)uche] Not bad, eh?   finance.yahoo.com   ;-)</title><author>scaram(o)uche</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28747691</link><pubDate>2/26/2013 1:12:27 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[basserdan]   ORDER GRANTING EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN RULES OF REGULATION SHO RELATED TO HURR...</title><author>basserdan</author><description>  ORDER GRANTING EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN RULES OF REGULATION SHO RELATED TO HURRICANE SANDY   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION     (Release No. 34-68419; File No. TP 13-05)     December 12, 2012   sec.gov   </description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28606101</link><pubDate>12/15/2012 12:23:56 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[basserdan] Naked Short Selling and High Frequency Trading to be Featured on Tim Connolly's ...</title><author>basserdan</author><description>Naked Short Selling and High Frequency Trading to be Featured on Tim Connolly's Winning Strategies Friday, October 12 at noon CT   HOUSTON, Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tim Connolly's Winning Strategies will feature naked short selling litigator Wes Christian, Overstock.com CEO Patrick M. Byrne and Robert J. Shapiro, ...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28468725</link><pubDate>10/12/2012 9:37:50 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[basserdan]  Short Seller Counterfeiting Alive and Thriving After Bulletin Board Genocide.  ...</title><author>basserdan</author><description> Short Seller Counterfeiting Alive and Thriving After Bulletin Board Genocide.  By Bud Burrell  October 5, 2012   People observing the wholesale slaughter of the Bulletin Board's markets might incorrectly conclude that the short sellers had achieved their objective of destroying all of the companies listed there.   The...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28465172</link><pubDate>10/10/2012 6:39:14 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[gregor] i.e. KNIGHT.........................There is a God, on a throne ! The "knight" w...</title><author>gregor</author><description>i.e. KNIGHT.........................There is a God, on a throne ! The "knight" was slain by a double edged sword.......Gregor </description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28456425</link><pubDate>10/5/2012 7:20:42 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[basserdan]     Sutherland Focus Report #2: FINRA Short Selling Fines Up in 2011  March 14, ...</title><author>basserdan</author><description>    Sutherland Focus Report #2: FINRA Short Selling Fines Up in 2011  March 14, 2012     WASHINGTON (Wednesday, March 14, 2012) – According to a new report released this week by Sutherland Asbill &amp; Brennan LLP, short selling violations generated large fines from FINRA in 2011. The annual Sutherland FINRA Sanctions Surv...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28454658</link><pubDate>10/5/2012 9:11:55 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Brasco One] dvdw, you should coem down to cancun, ill show you good times, take a break from...</title><author>Brasco One</author><description>dvdw, you should coem down to cancun, ill show you good times, take a break from your market formulas and oil talk.</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28357340</link><pubDate>8/23/2012 10:47:28 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Brasco One] any plans with the family this weekdn or going to make up words to use for SI???</title><author>Brasco One</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28343801</link><pubDate>8/17/2012 3:52:46 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Brasco One] dvd is out. we like bac pig climbing higher.</title><author>Brasco One</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28343249</link><pubDate>8/17/2012 12:49:24 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Brasco One] what are you doing dvdw?</title><author>Brasco One</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28340088</link><pubDate>8/16/2012 10:32:39 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Brasco One] knight well deserves what they got. years of ripping off people, cant happen to ...</title><author>Brasco One</author><description>knight well deserves what they got. years of ripping off people, cant happen to better people then knight crooks.</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28334369</link><pubDate>8/14/2012 10:24:30 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[dvdw©] This post facto look at Knights recent troubles is a subject of this thread. The...</title><author>dvdw©</author><description>This post facto look at Knights recent troubles is a subject of this thread. The piece linked has data points and some surmise, as well as 3rd party commentary as perception. From:  dvdw©8/14/2012 8:06:27 AM of 3727How systems deal with complexity...seek regulatory/systemic review for help, when the madness of your met...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28334083</link><pubDate>8/14/2012 8:16:27 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Elroy] Ya got me.</title><author>Elroy</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28217432</link><pubDate>6/20/2012 12:16:26 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[R2O] I thought undelivered shares could not be shorted. Isn't the clearing agent resp...</title><author>R2O</author><description>I thought undelivered shares could not be shorted. Isn't the clearing agent responsible for insuring this? Or, in case the transactions are all 'in house' and simply reported to the clearing agent, the broker.   R2O</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28217391</link><pubDate>6/20/2012 12:03:11 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[dvdw©] First let me acknowledge that the system has evolved to the conditions you descr...</title><author>dvdw©</author><description>First let me acknowledge that the system has evolved to the conditions you describe. Recognize full well that there are routine violations to the contract between Investors who invest and the administration of the market by hierarchal systems.  The IPO sets forth the duly authorized and outstanding, the offering docume...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28156309</link><pubDate>5/19/2012 9:26:02 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Elroy] Please answer the question - what makes you think a company's stock cannot be mo...</title><author>Elroy</author><description>Please answer the question - what makes you think a company's stock cannot be more than 100% held short?  I showed you why I think it can be held short as much as the loaners are willing to loan and the shorters are willing to sell short.  One share can theoretically be borrowed and sold short an infinite number of tim...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28156090</link><pubDate>5/19/2012 12:54:45 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[dvdw©] which implies systemic malfeasance as the laws governing stock issuance provide ...</title><author>dvdw©</author><description>which implies systemic malfeasance as the laws governing stock issuance provide specific methods to create additional shares, loans of stock is not one of them.</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28155938</link><pubDate>5/18/2012 10:15:28 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Elroy] Your writing is convoluted and difficult to understand, but I think you meant to...</title><author>Elroy</author><description>Your writing is convoluted and difficult to understand, but I think you meant to write that more than 100% of a stock cannot legally be held short, right?  What law or trading rule says that?  In other words, why do you think so?   It makes sense to me that someone borrows a share of a company, and sells it short to ne...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28155818</link><pubDate>5/18/2012 8:48:47 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[dvdw©] At no time can the total outstanding exceed the amount of the total outstanding ...</title><author>dvdw©</author><description>At no time can the total outstanding exceed the amount of the total outstanding which was introduced into the market place by IPO, subsequent share offerings, splits, warrants conversions, and a host of other legal means,according to rules governing stock issuance..   if a stock is above 100 someone needs to be prosecu...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28155218</link><pubDate>5/18/2012 3:50:06 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Elroy] In other words, 107% of all Overstock shares available for trade were short – a ...</title><author>Elroy</author><description>In other words, 107% of all Overstock shares available for trade were short – a physical impossibility, unless someone was somehow creating artificial supply in the stock.    Not true.  The writer doesn't realize that a share can be "borrowed" more than once.</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28150359</link><pubDate>5/16/2012 9:54:48 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Savant] "Incredibly Embarrassing"...HA!...History has shown that that type of psychopath...</title><author>Savant</author><description>"Incredibly Embarrassing"...HA!...History has shown that that type of psychopath/sociopath is never embarrassed...only po'd that they've been caught out.  To wit: .."Psychopaths and sociopaths have a complete disregard for the feelings and rights of others. This often surfaces by age 15 and may be accompanied by cruelt...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28150064</link><pubDate>5/16/2012 7:38:13 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[basserdan] Taibbi: Accidentally Released - and Incredibly Embarrassing - Documents Show How...</title><author>basserdan</author><description>Taibbi: Accidentally Released - and Incredibly Embarrassing - Documents Show How Goldman et al Engaged in 'Naked Short Selling'  [graphic]  [graphic]  By Matt Taibbi  May 15, 5:39 PM ET   It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes God smiles on us. Last week, he smiled on investigative reporters everywhere, when the lawyer...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28149231</link><pubDate>5/16/2012 2:40:41 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Savant] deepcapture.com   Up &amp; revised, after a respite...court ordered.</title><author>Savant</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28124679</link><pubDate>5/4/2012 11:12:27 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Brasco One] 100% long and strong heading into summer?????</title><author>Brasco One</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28099305</link><pubDate>4/23/2012 10:11:50 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[dvdw©] Anyone interested in this? benzinga.com </title><author>dvdw©</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28092526</link><pubDate>4/19/2012 12:24:31 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[robert b furman] Typical SEC take on a firm already sold - go tiger go !!!  Bob</title><author>robert b furman</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28086696</link><pubDate>4/17/2012 9:55:33 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Hawkmoon]  OptionXpress charged by SEC for NSS.  sec.gov </title><author>Hawkmoon</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28086437</link><pubDate>4/17/2012 7:52:56 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[rrufff] Bloggers Beware - you may not be considered a journalist and you may have to fac...</title><author>rrufff</author><description>Bloggers Beware - you may not be considered a journalist and you may have to face the consequences. ===========================================================================  rapidcityjournal.com   Federal judge: Montana blogger is not journalist The Associated Press | Posted: Thursday, December 8, 2011 11:31 am   A ...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27894398</link><pubDate>1/20/2012 5:54:54 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[rrufff] Gerova Financial Alleged Short Seller Co-Conspirator Scott Hintz “Blatantly Lied...</title><author>rrufff</author><description>Gerova Financial Alleged Short Seller Co-Conspirator Scott Hintz “Blatantly Lied” Under Oath  Atlanta, GA 1/09/2012 05:36 PM GMT (WooEB)    On January 5, 2012, Magistrate Judge Christopher Hagy of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issued a ruling that denied a motion by  Scott Hintz ...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27894257</link><pubDate>1/20/2012 5:01:47 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[rrufff]  There's been a lot in the news lately about insider trading, involving some of ...</title><author>rrufff</author><description> There's been a lot in the news lately about insider trading, involving some of the hedge funds that were big in the naked/manipulative shorting discussions over the years.   Unfortunately, the bigness issue, "too big to fail" "too big to prosecute", etc., probably protects most of the key players.  On the message boar...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27894201</link><pubDate>1/20/2012 4:44:31 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[rrufff] Probably worth posting it here   O.co aka Overstock.com vs. Goldman Sachs: A Tru...</title><author>rrufff</author><description>Probably worth posting it here   O.co aka Overstock.com vs. Goldman Sachs: A True David &amp; Goliath Story     Patrick M. Byrne  Chairman and CEO   For six years Overstock.com has waged a war to expose Wall Street mischief. We did not go looking for a fight, but our company was attacked, and we learned we were not alone: ...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27813664</link><pubDate>12/8/2011 6:54:27 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[dvdw©] Thanks for the update...</title><author>dvdw©</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27807291</link><pubDate>12/6/2011 10:41:27 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Savant] overstock.com </title><author>Savant</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27800992</link><pubDate>12/2/2011 3:55:39 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Savant] Compendium..Expert attention solicited&gt;&gt;  en.wikipedia.org </title><author>Savant</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27763296</link><pubDate>11/12/2011 10:47:22 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Savant] No such thing as naked short selling....  Right, so is that why they're banning ...</title><author>Savant</author><description>No such thing as naked short selling....  Right, so is that why they're banning it in Italy now?  http://www.cnbc.com/id/45259855    Italy to ban naked short-selling on stocks       MILAN - Italy announced a ban on naked short-selling of stocks on Friday, in a bid to reduce market volatility due to the worsening euro z...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27762978</link><pubDate>11/12/2011 12:16:45 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Hawkmoon] I've read many stories like that..  but still not relevant to this thread..   So...</title><author>Hawkmoon</author><description>I've read many stories like that..  but still not relevant to this thread..   Sorry about your computer..  just think we should avoid off-topic conspiracy theories.   Naked shorting is more than sufficient.. IMO..  Hawk</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27726624</link><pubDate>10/26/2011 2:12:39 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[makeuwonder] I felt the story had relevance due to the burning of tower 7 which it states at ...</title><author>makeuwonder</author><description>I felt the story had relevance due to the burning of tower 7 which it states at the bottom of the article it contained several investigations going on with the SEC. I haven't been here because my computer was crashed by a virus. I saw in a post a reader couldn't get the link to open so I did some research and was hopin...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27726512</link><pubDate>10/25/2011 11:47:27 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Hawkmoon] I realize you may have some strong feelings about the subject on which you poste...</title><author>Hawkmoon</author><description>I realize you may have some strong feelings about the subject on which you posted..   But is this really the thread to post it to?   Especially after you apparently haven't been posting for some time (by your own admission)??  Take the spam elsewhere please..  Hawk</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27726299</link><pubDate>10/25/2011 9:49:54 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[makeuwonder] 7 World Trade Center   The Mysterious Leveling of Building 7          [graphic] ...</title><author>makeuwonder</author><description>7 World Trade Center   The Mysterious Leveling of Building 7          [graphic]    This image, showing the site of WTC 7, is a small portion of a  large high-resolution photograph taken by an airplane flying at 3,300 feet on September 23, 2001. It appears that much of the building's remains have already been removed.  ...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27725168</link><pubDate>10/25/2011 2:18:33 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[makeuwonder] Hello Ruff and anyone else I've met here. Been awhile since getting online. I ha...</title><author>makeuwonder</author><description>Hello Ruff and anyone else I've met here. Been awhile since getting online. I have a lot to catch up on. Just curious if you see any changes going on that might help us "REAL" shareholder's. I do catch a glimpse on the markets and got the feeling they are covering, scaring, then buying real shares shorting them legally...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27725126</link><pubDate>10/25/2011 1:58:18 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[basserdan]  Found on page 3:   Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 202 / Friday, October 17, 20...</title><author>basserdan</author><description> Found on page 3:   Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 202 / Friday, October 17, 2008 / Rules and Regulations   Short Selling    We have been concerned about ‘‘naked’’ short selling and, in particular, abusive ‘‘naked’’ short selling, for some time. As discussed above, our concerns about potentially abusive ‘‘naked’’ shor...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27709878</link><pubDate>10/18/2011 3:55:49 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Savant] Well, it's about time...Now, how about those bankers and Wall streeters?</title><author>Savant</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27675359</link><pubDate>10/2/2011 10:41:59 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[pcyhuang] Hedge Fund Manager Gets 60 Years for Fraud                                      ...</title><author>pcyhuang</author><description>Hedge Fund Manager Gets 60 Years for Fraud                                                                                                   A hedge fund manager convicted of running a $100 million scheme that preyed on retired investors was sentenced on Wednesday to 60 years in prison, the latest eye-popping penalty t...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27674320</link><pubDate>10/2/2011 2:59:28 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[rrufff] http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=65831139  Short Se...</title><author>rrufff</author><description>http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=65831139  Short Selling Strategies: Two Dozen Types of Short Sales   By William Cate   There are dozens of ways to sell short a stock.  1. Traditional Short Sale: Borrow the stock against a fifty percent margin.  This is the only type of short sale that can ...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27620863</link><pubDate>9/7/2011 11:57:04 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[robert b furman] Excellent read .   Thanks for posting.   What a rally we would have if this frau...</title><author>robert b furman</author><description>Excellent read .   Thanks for posting.   What a rally we would have if this fraud was persued!!  There should be an accross the board recertification of all shares on a sunday.   Thr Friday before would be super eh?   Bob</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27606799</link><pubDate>8/31/2011 11:39:57 AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>