Replies to post #119410 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[Public Heel]

I don't want the specialists and mm's to know when a buy is a cover. I'd rather they didn't even know when a sell is a short, but I guess that can't be avoided.

[Public Heel]

I should add that it would probably be easier to get the info from brokers. There are far fewer of them, and they could easily report short interest in all securities every night. I guess you'd just have to forget about all the short-selling that is not done through brokers.

[otraque]

It is my understanding this is available EOD for the Big Brokerages that pay the big money for the priviledged information, am i right or wrong??
The rational reform, if this is the case, is that information be made available for free to all.
But what exactly are the chances of a snowball in hell??:) Max

[Emptyhead]

Zeev

Is this inforamation not the property of the Brokerage Houses? Who,afterall,would know at the end of a day,week or month what or who is short and by how much? Maybe only the ones who hold the accounts? If this is true,how is it Congress or the SEC could muster these guys into selling or giving way property that is at the discretion of the property holder in the first place.