they can't even PRACTICE what they themselves PREACH
which makes them complicit .. incompetent or corrupt
how difficult would it be to do for US public co.s *stock* and electronically tag it .. so SROs' <self regulating entities> don't have to be relied upon to be honest .. forthright or forthcoming .. particularly since some of them are crooks
this is why it's gonna be rather interesting to see what happens to penson .. and does the sec once again wave their BS magic wand re: reg sho a la 2005
which is clearly a joke .. since it didn't work the first time and literally allowed the destruction <per the shapiro that isn't a joke> of 1000 co.s via NSS