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To: LPS5 who wrote (67339)	1/20/2001 1:02:50 PM
From: HairBall	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 99985

LPS5: I will make my reply to you short. Over my years of investing and trading, I have come into contact with individuals from time to time that were in positions to verify my suspicions off the record. There is one individual on SI that has chosen to step up to the plate and publicly state what goes on. He now wages a personal campaign against the corruption and manipulation that exist in the equity markets. Most on SI know who he is. He is a controversial colorful character, but one with the experience and track record to back up his claims. I have often disagreed with his manner of delivery (in the past), but never his message. Manipulation does exist it permeates the markets at many levels! Regards, LG

To: LPS5 who wrote (67339)	1/20/2001 6:14:52 PM
From: Eddy Blinker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 99985

One hundred hedge fund managers all get the same "original" idea ... or = reads tacit collusion in my book. LPS5 please get off the stage now,do your homework then come back and deliver your produce again. If you dare.. <<<Is there deception? Sure - at times and in certain, perhaps many, issues, given market conditions and other factors. Manipulation? Sometimes in select, very small issues and rarely, if ever, in large issues>>>> Besides your condescending and patronizing attitude you assume that the readership of this thread is kind of a kindergarten needing you the expert to teach us how to wheel and deal. LG is 100% correct to state "Think like a criminal". Just a insignificant appetizer for you to reflect upon whats going on and whats going down. Every single day in SIN CITY. " The American Stock Exchange, LLC, NASD Regulation, Inc., and the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., as a result of a coordinated investigation, announced that Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. consented to a censure and $200,000 fine for violations arising from the inaccurate reporting of short interest from November 1996 to August 1998. Morgan Stanley also has consented to an undertaking regarding its procedures for reporting short interest to the three self-regulatory organizations (SROs). The disciplinary actions were brought by the three SROs and the fine imposed will be paid jointly to them by Morgan Stanley.The Amex, NASD regulation, and the NYSE found that during the 22-month period, Morgan Stanley inaccurately reported to the three SROs short positions in numerous securities as required by the rules of the SROs. The inaccurate reporting resulted from Morgan Stanley's overstating short positions that ranged from over 1,000 shares to over 1 million shares in certain securities." Not only that investors, short term traders, speculators and gamblers have to wait 30 days to be informed about short selling action but furthermore when they get the info it can not be relied upon. <<<Sometimes in select, very small issues and rarely, if ever, in large issues>> Well Mr.Sometimes if you care to set aside one or two weeks of your time please visit nasdr.com where you can read spine chilling stories about thousands of members of the brokers guild. I dont like you LPS5. Not because you are wrong but because you displayed a particular pretentious and sanctimonious communication format as found when our "cultured elite" is urinating on our heads and selling the same as rain. That is my version of thinking like a criminal..you olle hoodwinker you....<G>x2000 Regards, ED

To: LPS5 who wrote (67339)	1/20/2001 11:08:23 PM
From: Zeev Hed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

If the market is indeed so "clean" and unmanipulated, why do the specialists and the market makers keep vital information for weeks before they disclose it to the public. For instance, the volume of buying and selling in general, including short sales by specialists and members can be found every week in the Barron's, but these are always two weeks late. Short positions in specific stocks, are not disclosed on a daily basis, but in toto, and that 15 days after the closing of the month in which these have happened. There is absolutely no technical reasons that this information should not be made available to the public and at once, as a matter of fact, there is no technical reason why each trade should not be marked as a short sales, short cover or a normal opening and closing transaction (after all, they mark "cash" trades as such). This is an attempt of the "powers" to keep the public in the dark. I won't even go into discussing the "houses" issuing strong buy recommendations on peaking stocks, and selling into these, while finally downgrading the same stocks near their bottom (LL had a strong buy on SNDK well above 100, recently, at 440, they decided to downgrade it, a good signal to get ready and buy <g>). Please, go and preach, but on something else, not the purity of the street. Zeev