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Screw it. Let the banks and the bank stocks sit on this toxic crap. lets get away from this public feud over bonuses and pay and just let the banks work this shit out on their own.

memo to the Writer Sarah, Thanks for reporting on this issue. I hope you were as disgusted as I in the response taken by the SEC. I found their comments to be irresponsible and their apparent actions negligent. Consider: 1. The SEC claims that the OIG did not cite an...

Didn't the de-regulated leverage take place when the SEC changed the net capital rules and allowed the 5 largest investment banks to manage to a different standard of net capital. In doing so the SEC essentially threw caution to the wind and let leverage skyrocket. Who lobbied hard for this...

Pekelo, I do not disagree that it works in both directions. The difference is that short selling is a minority position in most markets. When a short creates a panic it instills fear into a majority stakeholder base. If a pump transpired that created an upward panic it would only be those...

You miss the point. When a company's market is under attack it is hard to distinguish between the attack itself and the potential that maybe it was you who were wrong. This is why such attacks work. Examples of this happen all the time. Planted negative news, old news, irrelevant news is...

By my calculations, 10% is still 10% whether it be a $100 stock or a $2.00 stock. I see that you guys also missed the bigger picture in the story but to some degree that is not surprising. The reason I posted this was to illustrate the hypocricy of the federal government. For years they...

AET Aetna -- After continuing to struggle surpassing its 20-day ema off the open, stock slips to fresh intraday lows as it comes into Friday's low near 23.66 (23.73 -0.58) 13:06 TALKX Floor Talk: Surge in financials continues The recent surge in financials is continuing...

Could the CEO of TheStreet.com finally recognized the damage associated with being connected to Cramer and jump ship? TheStreet.com CEO abruptly announces departure March 13th, 2009 TheStreet.com CEO Thomas Clarke announced Friday that he was leaving the company immediately, reports...

Whether you think the rule will have an impact is somewhat irrelevant. Re-instating the rule will create the perception of security and stability in going back into investing. with all the accusations made that the loss of the uptick rule allowed for massive raids, re-instating it will bring...

Cramer was in CYA mode last night. Notice how he made claim that Obama was fixated on him. If it were not such a sad story it would be laughable. The man needs medication. The media may be fixated on Jim Cramer and his screwups but rest assured Obama could care less about the little man...

Angrycat, how do you stimulate this economy when the corporate leaders are decimating the working class in order to protect their compensation packages? in 1970's the CEO was making 40 times that of the average worker. Today it is 433 times. Is the new executive 10 times better than the past...

Clearly the idiot is you. This article is quite clear on how little is actually paid in difference. Tell me oh genius, how do you think the country is going to turn without the spending taking place and where do you think this money comes from? I see you failed to make not that these...

http://www.newsweek.com/id/187933 A War on the Rich? The bogus GOP claim that Obama is bleeding the wealthy. Daniel Gross Mar 6, 2009 | Updated: 9:41 a.m. ET Mar 6, 2009 To hear conservatives tell it, you'd think mobs of shiftless welfare moms were marauding through the streets of...

GCSICLRBC - too much coffee today? Coming down from the drug induced binge? No doubt there are members of DC on that list. That does not mean we should accept it as people? If you disagree and want to accept it than STFU about paying taxes ever again. The reason we pay what we do is...

Pull their ticket to operate in the US. Give the firm 30 days to get the hell out of the country.

A brief walk down memory lane. http://sec.gov/litigation/admin/2009/34-59505.pdf This matter involves violations by GSEC and SHD of their basic obligation as specialists to serve public customer orders over their own proprietary interests. As specialist firms on each of the Exchanges,2...

How many cease and decist orders are you allowed to get before you actually have to cease and decist in fraudulant activities?

http://sec.gov/news/press/2009/2009-42.htm SEC Charges 14 Specialist Firms for Improper Proprietary Trading FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2009-42 Washington, D.C., March 4, 2009 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today brought enforcement actions against 14 specialist firms for unlawful...

I remember in early January the House Financial Services called in the SEC OIG (David Kotz) to testify about Madoff. The members continued to beat on Kotz about how Madoff happened and why Markopolos' evidence was not acted upon. It took Kotz about 100 tries to explain to them that his role...

Where does it say that being a Congressman comes with a prerequisite that you are sharp? Most go into politics because they were good at one thing and one thing only - bullshitting people (and not paying taxes).