rruff, thanks for your opinions. I see you claim to be an attorney with a big Boston firm! Mama Bear is of the Alice in Wonderland view that nothing is as it seems in the Web. Sensible cynicism and scepticism is wise, but the idea that all is simply pixelated meaninglessness is defeatist. I've met Ramsey Su and I can confirm he is absolutely gorgeous, on a pound for pound basis. Others in these discussion are also real, not just pixelated, though many are pixilated.
Meanwhile, here is a definition of manipulation from the SEC:
<Manipulation
Manipulation is intentional conduct designed to deceive investors by controlling or artificially affecting the market for a security. Manipulation can involve a number of techniques to affect the supply of, or demand for, a stock. They include: spreading false or misleading information about a company; improperly limiting the number of publicly-available shares; or rigging quotes, prices or trades to create a false or deceptive picture of the demand for a security.
sec.gov
Last Update: 05/26/2000
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So, checking out that definition.
1......No deceit in this discussion - investors are NOT deceived.
2......Control. None of us have any control other than of our own stock. Therefore - no control.
3......Artificiality. Nothing artificial here. There is only real, no pretend, dehypothecation by real shareholders who really choose to dehype which they are totally allowed to do any time they please.
4......Affecting the market. Yes, the action of dehyping DOES affect the market, as do buy, sell and any other action by investors. But affecting the market is legal, provided it is not done in an illegal way.
5......Improper restriction of shares available. No, shareholders are fully entitled to restrict the loan of their shares.
etc...nothing false, deceitful, unfair, dishonest, sneaky in the GGMDM.
Actually rruff, do you have any better links to SEC acts and regulations in this area? They don't have much at all that I can find.
I trust investors are making their own decisions on where their best interests lie and are NOT slavishly following any suggestions in this discussion.
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