Sec Suspends Short Sales Of 19 Companies

[Pakboong]

* BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

* Bank of America Corporation

* Barclays PLC

* Citigroup Inc.

* Credit Suisse Group

* Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

* Deutsche Bank Group AG

* Allianz SE

* Goldman, Sachs Group Inc.

* Royal Bank ADS

* HSBC Holdings PLC ADS

* J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

* Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

* Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

* Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

* Morgan Stanley

* UBS AG

* Freddie Mac

* Fannie Mae

I am puzzled by the number of non US companies on the list.

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* BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

* Bank of America Corporation

* Barclays PLC

* Citigroup Inc.

* Credit Suisse Group

* Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

* Deutsche Bank Group AG

* Allianz SE

* Goldman, Sachs Group Inc.

* Royal Bank ADS

* HSBC Holdings PLC ADS

* J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

* Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

* Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

* Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

* Morgan Stanley

* UBS AG

* Freddie Mac

* Fannie Mae

I am puzzled by the number of non US companies on the list.

I had a friendly discussion with somone this week about this order. I maintained that short sales were not suspended in these equities, but that the SEC said they would enforce a regulation (Reg SHO, that is already on the books and is widely ignored) with respect to these companies. to test my opinion I put in orders to short several, well above the market, and all orders were instantly taken. It's smoke and mirrors time.

[Pakboong]

* BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

* Bank of America Corporation

* Barclays PLC

* Citigroup Inc.

* Credit Suisse Group

* Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

* Deutsche Bank Group AG

* Allianz SE

* Goldman, Sachs Group Inc.

* Royal Bank ADS

* HSBC Holdings PLC ADS

* J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

* Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

* Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

* Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

* Morgan Stanley

* UBS AG

* Freddie Mac

* Fannie Mae

I am puzzled by the number of non US companies on the list.

I had a friendly discussion with somone this week about this order. I maintained that short sales were not suspended in these equities, but that the SEC said they would enforce a regulation (Reg SHO, that is already on the books and is widely ignored) with respect to these companies. to test my opinion I put in orders to short several, well above the market, and all orders were instantly taken. It's smoke and mirrors time.

Thanks, I suspected as much.