Reason to halt: WAMUQ # naked shorted shares (NSS) The Pink OTC does not halt trading, and the SEC does not halt for pending news, but if the huge short positions are called, this market will blow up. Trading halts last between 30 minutes and a few days; I have long sided with Diamond about "not letting this baby run" - though a part of me wishes to lay on the couch, watch my portfolio run on the screen and cackle like Dr. Evil in his volcano lair. GLTA