The press will sometimes refer to the problem as "stock manipulation" which seems easier to grasp, than the long answer of what NSS is all about. Here's a good one to start with as it explains the involvement of organized crime in the financial world: <a href="http://www.rgm.com/articles/Herald-Star.html" target="_blank">http://www.rgm.com/articles/Herald-Star.html</a> Shorty's new outfit: <a href="http://www.fotosearch.com/bigcomp.asp?path=PDS/PDS132/200393250-001.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.fotosearch.com/bigcomp.asp?path=PDS/PDS132/200393250-001.jpg</a> ======================================================================================================== Bloomberg Video Special on NSS <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/avp/avp.htm?clipSRC=mms://media2.bloomberg.com/cache/vIrfhgQPAJ1s.asf" target="_blank">http://www.bloomberg.com/avp/avp.htm?clipSRC=mms://media2.bloomberg.com/cache/vIrfhgQPAJ1s.asf</a> 25:16 min <a href="http://failstodeliver.com/default.aspx" target="_blank">http://failstodeliver.com/default.aspx</a> <a href="http://www.buyins.net/tools/symbol_stats.php?sym=rcch" target="_blank">http://www.buyins.net/tools/symbol_stats.php?sym=rcch</a> <a href="http://www.thesanitycheck.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thesanitycheck.com/</a> <a href="http://www.counterfeitingstock.com/" target="_blank">http://www.counterfeitingstock.com/</a> <a href="http://www.deepcapture.com/" target="_blank">http://www.deepcapture.com/</a> <a href="http://omuse.overstock.com/wiki/Understanding_Naked_Shorting_Stock_Manipulation" target="_blank">http://omuse.overstock.com/wiki/Understanding_Naked_Shorting_Stock_Manipulation</a> <a href="http://www.rgm.com/shortselling.html" target="_blank">http://www.rgm.com/shortselling.html</a> <a href="http://www.rgm.com/articles/Herald-Star.html" target="_blank">http://www.rgm.com/articles/Herald-Star.html</a> <a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=687282" target="_blank">http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=687282</a> <a href="http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:HSNDjmg5R94J:www.imanet.org/pdf/1832.pdf+market+maker+manipulation+examples&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us" target="_blank">http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:HSNDjmg5R94J:www.imanet.org/pdf/1832.pdf+market+maker+manipulation+examples&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us</a> <a href="http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/txt-srch-sec?text=Naked+Short+Selling§ion=Entire+Website&sort=rank" target="_blank">http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/txt-srch-sec?text=Naked+Short+Selling§ion=Entire+Website&sort=rank</a> <a href="http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=RegSHOThreshold" target="_blank">http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=RegSHOThreshold</a>