angelhillcorp, sorry, I misunderstood your post. I was talking about how it's "supposed" to work, I agree with you the system is abused. I like your idea of shutting down the market until all shares are accounted for!!!! Give the market about 3 months to "get honest", then shut it down for a check!!!! Trouble is, it may never get restarted!!! LOL!!
I disagree with you on shorting (the legal kind, if it exists!), it actually adds stability to the market and the shorts are usually the first to locate bag eggs like Enron from what I've read. I never short, no guts, I use options if I think a stock may go down over a period of time.
Cash is King until further notice!!!
My comments on companies are usually my opinion of long term success (years). The PPS may go up or down greatly in the meantime depending on the number of greedy suckers with money.