[RC one]

yes. That's one way to stop stocks from declining. It seems somewhat inconsistent with the premise of a "free market" however.

[freespirited]

Sounds like they are expecting a freefall.

[NVDave]

More stupidity.

They should grow a set and get rid of the various ECN’s out there and force all trades back onto public exchanges, where everyone can see them. Get rid of dark pools.

Just make one central public exchange where everyone can see all trades as they’re executed, where everyone can see the depth.

And, I’d also want to see artificial volume banned - ie, get rid of the HFT’s, who are nothing but parasites now. The HFT’s claimed they were providing liquidity, but then the crap hit the fan, they fled and took their “liquidity” with them. If they’re not going to offer liquidity when the crap hits the fan, but only when it suits them, then they’re parasites. Get rid of them and let the true nature of the market shine through — which will be that we’ve seen very low organic volumes for over a year now.

[ZX12R]

yes. That's one way to stop stocks from declining. It seems somewhat inconsistent with the premise of a "free market" however.

Of course it's inconsistent with a free market, but it's perfectly consistent with other things that have happened since the boy president arrived.

[apillar]

Hey I got a great idea! How about a law banning the stock market from dropping at all? Then, by law, the only direction it can go is up! I wonder why some wise democrat hasn't thought of that already? After all is it fair that sometimes people lose in the stock market?

[sheana]

What about curbs to the upside, haven’t heard anything about that.
They should just pass a law that the stock market cannot go down and get it over with.