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Journalist Sues SEC To Get Naked Short Selling Files

Posted by Larry Doyle on July 3rd, 2014 7:26 AM |

Selling counterfeit stock would seem to be a nefarious undertaking worthy of meaningful exposure.

It is.

A recent suit against the SEC under the Freedom of Information Act looks to do just that. Let’s navigate as the law offices of highly acclaimed and widely respected SEC whistleblower Gary Aguirre recently released the following statement:

Lawsuit seeks to tear down SEC’s veil of secrecy

Journalist Mark Mitchell has filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to obtain the agency’s investigative files relating to more than a dozen aborted investigations and cases involving naked short selling. (more…)

UPDATE: Naked Short Selling, “Wall St. Conspiracy?”

Posted by Larry Doyle on May 16th, 2012 4:34 AM |

How many people in America today are questioning the very integrity of our markets?

More than we can measure.

Regrettably, there has been strong evidence of practices in selected corners of Wall Street which have violated the trust of investors, betrayed any semblance of fair dealing, and destroyed the development of otherwise viable businesses and companies.

Specifically a month ago, I introduced readers to the artifice of naked short selling in promoting a documentary, “The Wall Street Conspiracy.”

Yesterday, Bloomberg dropped a bombshell on this practice in reporting . . . . .  (more…)

Naked Short Selling: A “Wall Street Conspiracy”?

Posted by Larry Doyle on April 17th, 2012 7:54 AM |

Do readers recall Dick Fuld, then CEO of Lehman Brothers, railing against hedge funds that were attacking the once venerable firm by aggressively shorting its stock? Fuld maintained that these aggressors were engaged in a practice known as ‘naked short selling’ and that they brought Lehman to its knees in the process.

The last four years have brought us plenty of intrigue and innuendo about a host of illegal and illicit practices on and off Wall Street, but we have heard and seen little about this practice. Why? What questions need to be addressed on this topic?  (more…)






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