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New Bobo Blog - On Thomas Jefferson...
Monday, July 31, 2006 (467 reads)


The Bunny looks back on America's early history for some lessons on the evil that men do...

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Bobo Blog Features Video And Music
Monday, July 31, 2006 (404 reads)


Sometimes, things are best left to alternative mediums. Bobo's latest offering is one of those...

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SIA Sues Utah To Block Anti-NSS Law
Saturday, July 29, 2006 (488 reads)


How much weirder can this get? The SIA, a lobbying organization that isn't impacted by the new Utah law (they don't do trades, they lobby), is suing the state to stall the law's going into effect on October 1.

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New Forbes Article Fair and Balanced Coverage About NSS Suits
Friday, July 28, 2006 (378 reads)


This is the second coverage of NSS by Forbes that is completely fair and balanced. Perhaps they didn't get the memo...

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New Bobo: NY Sun Editorial Classic NY Press Spin-meistering
Thursday, July 27, 2006 (370 reads)


The NY Sun had an editorial today, which (gasp) advocates keeping hedge funds completely unregulated - you know, on account of, well, how important they are to providing liquidity, which is really important for, well, er, brokers, who make their money by doing as many trades as possible, which requires liquidity....

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Fairfax Financial Sues SAC, Rocker & Others For $5 Billion
Wednesday, July 26, 2006 (525 reads)


Yet another suit against the same gang of hedge funds, this time going for $5 billion in damages, and claiming RICO.

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Great new article from Alan Newman; OTCBB list a farce; SBC hearing bad junior high theater...
Wednesday, July 26, 2006 (425 reads)


Bobo has yet another installment in his ongoing series of happy commentaries about our market aparatus...

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New Bobo Blog: Brokers Want To Know If They Can Pay NYSE Fines With Monopoly Money
Monday, July 24, 2006 (531 reads)


You remember how we are always saying that the SROs basically slap wrists, and that violations of Reg SHO are endemic...? Apparently that was the positive spin...

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New Bobo Blog Lambasts Senate Banking Committee and SEC
Sunday, July 23, 2006 (418 reads)


The Bunny's back from his fishing expedition, reinvigorated, and filled with doubt about the Senate Banking Committee's ability to find its posterior if given written directions...

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New Bobo: Another Great Article, Miles from Wall Street's Media Machine
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 (591 reads)


This isn't hard, folks. Unless you work in the shadow of Wall Street, and are beholden to protecting its interests at all costs, that is...

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WSJ Discovers NSS Apparently Real - "There's Gambling Going On In There!?!"
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 (530 reads)


The new Bobo Blog juxtaposes the latest from the WSJ against the latest profit announcement from a large Wall Street prime broker....

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STOCKGATE TODAY: Analyzing the Data – SEC Fails to Provide Accuracy and Transparency
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 (372 reads)


Dave takes a closer look into the footnotes of the SHO proposal and finds some interesting tidbits of misleading information.



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SEC Proposed Rule Changes to Reg SHO Now Available
Monday, July 17, 2006 (393 reads)


Bobo's blog has an eloquent post from Tommytoyz, a valued member of the market reform movement, which among other things, links to the SEC proposed changes...

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New Bobo Blog - Yahoo Officially Sucks; NV Court Accepts NCANS Amicus Brief
Saturday, July 15, 2006 (540 reads)


Yahoo's latest changes to their message boards are right up there with square wheels for worst product in human history. And NV accepted the NCANS Amicus, delivering a blow to the SEC.

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STOCKGATE TODAY: SEC Chairman confirms Naked Short Selling is a Serious Problem
Thursday, July 13, 2006 (518 reads)


Read the latest STOCKGATE TODAY on how Chairman Cox admits to the abuses of naked short selling

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Bobo's Simplified Take on the SEC SHO hearing - With Cartoons!
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 (350 reads)


Nothing seems to get the Bunny's creative juices flowing quite like a good SEC hearing. Join him for his illustrated guide to what it all means...



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New Bobo Blog - On the SEC Reg SHO hearing
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 (392 reads)


Join the Bunny for a trip down a rabbit hole far stranger than anything you could have imagined - a window into the soul of the SEC.

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New Bobo Blog - Dave Patch's New FOIA Data; Harvey Pitt and Judith Burns Score Home Runs
Tuesday, July 11, 2006 (408 reads)


The new FOIA data is indicative of something fishy going on in the markets, and two new articles are required reading.

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A Closer Look at Regulation SHO
Tuesday, July 11, 2006 (287 reads)


Dave Patch takes a closer look at SHO using the most recent FOIA data out of the SEC.

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Herb Greenberg; Alleged collusion 102
Tuesday, July 11, 2006 (324 reads)


Talk about alleged collusion, lets put Herb Greenberg into the frying pan.



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It's Good To Be King - NYSE Specialists See Unprecedented Profits
Monday, July 10, 2006 (364 reads)


Bobo's jaw literally hit the floor when he saw the landgrab these guys are getting away with...

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Dr. Trimbath Tenders Her Final Installment in the "Experts Speak Out" Series
Monday, July 10, 2006 (374 reads)


Dr. Trimbath, recognized authority on the market and the clearing and settlement system, delivers her final contribution to the "Experts Speak Out" section of this site - now a Bobo Blog.

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NEW - Chapter 1, Book 3, From Dr. Jim DeCosta
Saturday, July 08, 2006 (357 reads)


Dr. DeCosta has offered up the first excerpt from his first chapter of book 3, which offers a tremendously comprehensive description of the problems caused by NSS, as well as the root causes. Timely given the SEC hearing a week or so from now.

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New Bobo Blog - On the upcoming SEC meeting to consider ammendments to Reg SHO
Saturday, July 08, 2006 (332 reads)


Bobo's latest covers the necessary steps to fix SHO, and his sentiment as to the likelihood that any of these steps get implemented.

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New Bobo Blog - Fear And Loathing In Hedge World
Friday, July 07, 2006 (410 reads)


Bobo is back, and full of bright and sunny observations about the markets, and the integrity of the watchers...

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Dissecting the DTCC data
Friday, July 07, 2006 (243 reads)


Dave Patch takes a closer look at the DTCC Press releases and numbers being published.



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Aguirre challenges Senate Banking Oversight
Thursday, July 06, 2006 (393 reads)


Dave Patch reflects back on the Aguirre Memo’s and Senate Banking Oversight

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Bud Burrell searches for our financial system's "Balancing Gyropscope"
Wednesday, July 05, 2006 (352 reads)


Bud Burrell asks 'Where is the "Balancing Gyroscope" Mechanism in Our Financial System?'

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New Bobo Blog: More NY Media Spin; Are Whistleblowers in Danger? And Bits and Bytes...
Monday, July 03, 2006 (494 reads)


Bobo issues forth his usual rays of sunny joy on the eve of our nation's independence...

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New Bobo Blog: The Liars Club
Saturday, July 01, 2006 (407 reads)


The Liars Club had its latest meeting, and issued forth a statement in the WSJ. Bobo has the latest.

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