Finally, SEC to Vote on Short Sale (Formerly Known as Uptick) Rule-Wednesday 2-24-2010

Tomorrow (Wednesday February 24th, 2010) the Sec will vote on re-implementing the Short Sales Rule that was banned in 2007. We very strongly, and alone, on an island, as we many times are, warned that the repeal of this rule might have unintended consequences. We are extremely happy this rule is making a reappearance, and think this will help us all as investors in the long run. The pulling of this rule was certainly not the only reason for the Capital Market volatility over the last several years, but in our opinion was a contributor. Great Work SEC on getting a form of this rule back in place! Here are a few of our quick quotes from the newsletters:  In our Q 4 2007  Newsletter we wrote the following.    “The Down-tick Rule is Repealed     

In late summer you may have noticed the markets seemed very volatile and strangely ready to either rise to the sky, or fall off a cliff. We have been readying for the increased volatility and mentioning publicly that we expected an increase in the frequent high’s and low’s mainly because the last several years have been, by historic standards, very calm. As the skeletons from the year 2000 bubble have been slowly carried away, a very important new development has recently occurred.”  
   
Again in our Q 2 2008 Newsletter we wrote:   

“But, we believe the repeal of this rule has added to the capital markets dramatic moves and will be further discussed by legislature and the Securities and Exchange Commission in the future. Until then we again must stay diversified and remember that ultimately this will make for better investment opportunities for the disciplined, calm, investor.”

 Have a Great Day!

JK PS Sorry for the sloppy formatting, my HTML format coding is weak this morning and wanted to get this post out!     

 

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