SEC: 621,000 Shares in GameStop Trades Had Not Properly Settled by January 14

By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: February 5, 2021 ~ Remember that LifeLock tv commercial where masked bank robbers storm into a bank, smashing things with a baseball bat and screaming, “on the floor.” As the customers hit the floor, a security guard is still standing looking calmly at the robbers with his hands at his side. A woman looks up from the floor at the guard and whispers to him: “Do something.” His reply: “Oh, I’m not a security guard, I’m a security monitor. I only notify people if there’s a robbery.” After a few seconds of observing the scene around him, he looks back down at the woman and says: “There’s a robbery.” The commercial ends with the voice over: “Why monitor a problem if you don’t fix it?” This commercial perfectly reflects the attitude of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the past two SEC Chairs, Mary … Continue reading SEC: 621,000 Shares in GameStop Trades Had Not Properly Settled by January 14