An e petition asking for the banning of shorting....
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:19 am
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/62851
This is an e petition asking for the banning of shorting to be debated and passed in Parliament. It is currently doing the rounds on the various bulletin boards...
As our so called regulators appear to be unwilling to act, then maybe other methods should be used and this is one.
Investors should be protected from this practice which involves the loaning out of your shares to be then sold back Into the market with the aim of destroying value and manipulating the market particularly on AIM which the government is offering incentives for ordinary investors to invest in...
Risk is fine but manipulation by a small number of wealthy individuals and hedge funds is unacceptable when there is a simple solution to stop it, it is unacceptable in what is supposed to be a market for supporting business and growing the wealth of the nation...
Risk should equate to an investment that the individual investor owns in any business.
Risk should not be manipulated by the loan of stock not owned and then used with the sole purpose of destroying a business or its shareholders stake....
The petition was not started by me but if you want to make a difference vote....
This is an e petition asking for the banning of shorting to be debated and passed in Parliament. It is currently doing the rounds on the various bulletin boards...
As our so called regulators appear to be unwilling to act, then maybe other methods should be used and this is one.
Investors should be protected from this practice which involves the loaning out of your shares to be then sold back Into the market with the aim of destroying value and manipulating the market particularly on AIM which the government is offering incentives for ordinary investors to invest in...
Risk is fine but manipulation by a small number of wealthy individuals and hedge funds is unacceptable when there is a simple solution to stop it, it is unacceptable in what is supposed to be a market for supporting business and growing the wealth of the nation...
Risk should equate to an investment that the individual investor owns in any business.
Risk should not be manipulated by the loan of stock not owned and then used with the sole purpose of destroying a business or its shareholders stake....
The petition was not started by me but if you want to make a difference vote....