Urge all of you out there to watch what is happening now that the money pools, e.g., hedge funds, are nervous that there huge streams of income, harvested at the expense of retail investors (individuals, mutual funds, retirement plans, etc., is in jeopardy.
I've seen blogs springing up, message board activity expanded, appearances by "notorious" short sellers on the business channels (even more interesting as these guys have avoided publicity in the past.) The activity of self-styled hypocrites, you know those who are silent at short/hedge fund/MM manipulation, but are so quick to point out everything troubling about an investment, is increasing.
Don't get it wrong. These guys are worried. It's not about being a do-gooder as we've seen so often. It's about money, easy money.
Again, this is not to defend scamming CEO's, management, P&D, all of which should be severely curtailed and punished by the SEC. It's about fairness for those of us who try to make money investing, speculating, in various forms. We're tired of having a target on us, whether it be placed for the benefit of CEO's with 100 million dollar pay for mediocre or even fraudulent performance, or whether it is the crew of hedge fund/money pools/professional short and distorters, etc.
The politicians are listening now, thanks to market collapse, as previously predicted. Let's not lose these fickle and stupid power brokers by becoming complacent with some profits. |
