SEC needs to shut down WSB and indict the instigators

Discussion in 'Wall St. News' started by longshort, Jan 28, 2021.

  1. virtusa

    virtusa


    Funds who still did not cover their shorts are now obliged to pay$400.
     
    #71     Jan 30, 2021

  2. Lmao. no they arent getting in trouble.
     
    #72     Jan 30, 2021
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  3. Butterfly

    Butterfly

    I am assuming you are a regulator yourself to make such calls :)
     
    #73     Jan 30, 2021
  4. Tell me how they will get in trouble. By making a tiktok and letting their followers know what is going on in their life and talking about which stocks they like? That isnt a crime

    How is reddit getting in trouble? By standing around a water cooler and saying what stocks they are picking and like? That isnt a crime. Especially when everyone and their mother says "this isnt financial advice"

    That is nowhere near Belfort. Belfort was using OPM, tiktok and reddit are using their own and if you want to be dumb and jump in too, then that is on you. There needs to be some personal accountability from people. Ignorance of the law doesnt protect you from it, and neither should ignorance of markets and finance punish other people.

    Its not what you know, its what you can prove and a good lawyer can spin this like no tomorrow. Belfort was easily provable for lots of reasons. This isnt.
     
    #74     Jan 30, 2021
  5. bone

    bone

    LOL, then why isn’t every Short strategy hedge fund manager in jail right now? By your logic, Bill Ackman should be on trial for March 2020. They’ve been doing this since the early 1980’s.

    Bill Ackman appears on CNBC on March 17, 2020 raging about the end of times - and by March 23rd pockets $2.6 Billion on his hype.

     
    #75     Jan 30, 2021
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  6. Butterfly

    Butterfly

    you need to get yourself familiar with SEC regulations, and you will find out that the definition of "investment advice" and "market manipulations" is quite broad, and that "unregistered" investment advisors can be "regular" people "selling" their ideas on a public medium. To make things worse, the lack of disclosure is making them liable to direct interventions by regulators.

    You can't simply go online and scream about your stocks and how much money you made. Period. Even if you don't know the law around such behaviors.
     
    #76     Jan 30, 2021
  7. yes you can, its called freedom of speech. LMAO, clown.
     
    #77     Jan 30, 2021
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  8. Butterfly

    Butterfly

    LOL, try that with the SEC and you will end up in jail. Don't think it was never used before. I actually know someone who used that line in his SEC trial, and he got the "max" penalty :)

    now, who is the clown :lol:
     
    #78     Jan 30, 2021
  9. Sure you did. Refer to the @bone post about Ackerman. Until he, or even Cramer for that matter, goes to jail for "getting on TV and talking about their stocks" then miss me with your "knowledge."
     
    #79     Jan 30, 2021
  10. Butterfly

    Butterfly

    Kitty Roaring will be probably get fined 100M USD by the SEC for his little stunt :)

    let's see if the rule doesn't apply to him or his followers :p
     
    #80     Jan 30, 2021