SEC admits it’s not monitoring stock buybacks to prevent market manipulation

By David Dayen

“The Securities and Exchange Commission has admitted that it has no ability to enforce the main rule intended to prevent market manipulation when companies buy back their own stock, and has no intention to do so.

SEC Chair Mary Jo White made the acknowledgement in a response to Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., who queried the agency about stock buybacks.”…

[Click HERE to read the full article]

Share