Time for Wall Street to Pull the Rug out from Underneath Investors
By investors, we don’t mean average folk. By this we mean short sellers who borrow money to bet on a particular stock dropping. These aptly-named villains of the stock market are tampering with the natural ebb and flow of market activity, and many experts agree they should be stopped. So, is it time for Wall Street to pull the rug out from underneath these investors? Many say yes.
It begins with cutting out the motive, means and opportunity for these short sellers so that their lifelines bleed out. With so many rumors inundating the markets due to these short sellers, it’s time for the powers that be to take action. There are many opinions out there on how to go about this. Some suggest blocking short sellers from brokerage sales altogether. A report in the Wall Street Journal outlines a research report from a brokerage analyst at Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran … READ MORE ...