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Investors Say CEOs Should Fight Naked Short Selling Like GNS

GNS CEO Roger Hamilton
GNS CEO Roger Hamilton – Market News Today.

“They’re predators. They’re doing something illegal, and we want it to stop”, says GNS CEO Roger Hamilton.

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Genius Group Limited (NYSE American: GNS), a leading entrepreneur edtech and education group, approved at a meeting of the Board held on Wednesday 18th January 2023, an action plan to address illegal short selling of its stock.

This action plan includes creating a Board-led ‘Illegal Trading Task Force’ to actively pursue all possible actions together with the regulators in their discovery and prosecution of persons engaging in market manipulation involving the ordinary shares of Genius Group.

This Task Force will be led by Timothy Murphy, a Genius Group Director and former Deputy Director of the F.B.I., Richard Berman, also a Genius Group Director and chair of the Company’s Audit Committee, and Roger Hamilton, the CEO of Genius Group.

The Company has been in communication with government regulatory authorities and is sharing information with these authorities to assist them.

Retail investors on social media are supporting Genius Group’s CEO Roger Hamilton in his efforts to expose and bring down manipulative short selling.

The retail community has voiced their concerns with dark pool trading, OTC trading, and naked short selling in prominent companies such as AMC Entertainment, GameStop, Mullen Automotive, Biora Therapeutics, Meta Materials, and many more.

“It’s like being robbed in a library, but you can’t shout ‘Thief!’ because there are ‘Silence, please’ signs everywhere.” – Roger Hamilton, CEO of Genius Group Limited.

Speaking Out on Naked Short Selling

Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne spoke out against naked short selling in 2007 but was ridiculed and eventually investigated himself by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Elon Musk has commented on not just the SEC but has said at one point Tesla was the most shorted company in the market.

In a CNBC exclusive, Elon Musk says hedge funds have used short selling and complex derivatives to take advantage of retail investors.

Something retail investors who purchased so called ‘meme stocks’ in 2021 found out very easily.

“Hedge funds tank stocks using ‘short and distort’“, says the Tesla CEO.

A tactic where hedge funds impose their influence on corporate media such as The Fool, Wall Street Journal, and MarketWatch to scare people out of their money, then short the stock to capitalize on selloffs.

John Brda (Torchlight, MMTLP) talks naked short selling with GNS CEO Roger Hamilton.

Is Roger Hamilton the new voice for retail?

The retail community certainly seems to think so.

Unlike Patrick Byrne, who unfortunately didn’t have the massive support he deserved, Roger Hamilton has many large retail communities made up of millions of people supporting the cause.

Social media has allowed retail investors to voice their opinions and concerns regarding the manipulation of their favorite companies.

Citizen journalism platforms, such as FrankNez and Rebel News have helped spread awareness surrounding people’s concerns.

Should New Regulators Be Put in Place?

Retail investors are convinced FINRA, the DTCC, and the SEC are complicit in the market manipulation that occurs in these companies.

Citadel’s Global Head of Operations, David Inggs, has a board seat at the DTCC.

On January 28th, 2021, The DTCC waived $9.7 billion of collateral deposit, limiting institutional losses and limiting retail profits during the ‘meme stock’ frenzy.

The organization allowed several naked shares to flood the market prior to the massive jump in share prices only to help financial institutions in the end.

On the other end, out of the four commissioners in the SEC who voted, Hester Peirce was the only one who voted no on market transparency.

Hester Peirce is tied to a lobbyist group of anti-regulators.

The Intercept wrote a piece on Hester Peirce in 2015 titled, “SEC Nominee To Oversee Wall Street Works At Think Tank Dedicated To Blocking Regulation.”

And according to the research, Hester Peirce received 98% of her salary from the Mercatus Center, a “think tank” that provides an academic façade to a radical anti-regulatory agenda.

What does the GNS CEO have to say about our regulators?

The company is fighting back “because we want this to stop,” Hamilton told MarketWatch. “They’re taking value away from our shareholders. They’re predators. They’re doing something illegal, and we want it to stop, whether that means getting regulators to enforce existing regulations or put new ones in place.”

Should more companies fight naked short selling like GNS CEO Roger Hamilton?

Wall Street Naked Shorts
Wall Street Naked Shorts – Franknez.com.

GNS CEO Roger Hamilton is bringing the fight to Wall Street and regulators.

The retail community has his back, the question is, will other CEOs step in?

Many shareholders in the AMC community have urged the company’s CEO Adam Aron to speak out against the illicit activities occurring in the company stock.

The CEO has mocked short sellers but hasn’t taken an activist stance, yet.

Should more companies fight naked short selling?

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What is Going on with AMC’s Preferred Equity (APE)?

what is happening with APE stock?
Market News Today: What is happening with APE stock?

AMC’s Preferred Equity (NYSE:APE) is up +50% this year-to-date after coming down more than -70% in the past year.

Talks have surfaced about a possible conversion of APE shares back to AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) common stock.

APE served as a liquidity tool to supply the movie theatre chain with the capital necessary to pay down its debt and raise cash for the business.

In October 2022, AMC reduced its debt load by $106 million and has extended its maturities until the year 2027.

The company capitalized on APE to cut some debt off the top before taking on new debt due in five years from now.

AMC has replaced $506 million due in 2023 with $400 million of new debt due in 2027.

The updated balance sheet is going to ensure the movie theatre chain company is able to grow while it slowly pays off its debt.

AMC Entertainment has reported positive earnings reports since 2021 when shareholders rescued the company from bankruptcy.

Today, it’s about maintaining that momentum to ensure the short thesis eventually changes.

Will APE Shares Go Up?

APE Stock Price Today - Yahoo Finance.
APE Stock Price Today – Yahoo Finance.

AMC’s Preferred Equity (APE) is up 50% this year-to-date.

The equity saw massive buying volume in the beginning of the new year which led to a great head start this year.

This type of buying pressure will continue to drive APE shares up in the future, that is unless majority of shareholders decide not to convert the equity into common shares of AMC stock.

Today, APE is trading around $1.80 and is up +2% in the past five trading days.

The equity had been named one of the most heavily shorted stock by Yahoo Finance in December of 2022, but the short interest has dropped to 5.40% (updated daily).

While there are still short sellers betting against the equity, AMC Entertainment has warned both retail investors of possible and significant losses due to volatility and the possibility of a short squeeze.

Are you holding shares of AMC’s Preferred Equity (APE)?

Leave your thoughts in the comment section of the blog below.

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What is Happening with MULN Stock Right Now?

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Stock Market News: What’s happening with MULN stock? Will MULN shares keep rising?

Mullen Automotive (NASDAQ:MULN) stock shares rose +2.27% on Monday after a turbulent past few days last week.

The automotive stock surged to $0.44 before in January before retesting $0.28 and closing at $0.30 the start of the new week.

Retail investors have been buying the stock after analysts gave MULN stock a price target of $24.15.

The current analyst consensus is a strong buy, but shares fell after Mullen Automotive submitted its Form 10-K on Friday the 13th, revealing a number of risk factors.

Will Mullen Automotive stock recover?

Here’s what’s happening with MULN stock right now.

MULN Call Options Continue to Dominate Put Options

Even as MULN shares make gains and slide in January, we see that MULN call options continue to dominate the number of put options in the market.

On Monday, there were 96.41K calls total and 1.64K puts total.

This demonstrates there are more bullish investors than there are bearish investors.

What's happening with MULN stock? MULN stock Webull - Market News.
What’s happening with MULN stock? MULN stock Webull – Market News.

Many institutions are going long on Mullen Automotive stock.

Out of 173 financial institutions investing in Mullen Automotive, only 1 is short with 172 being long, per Fintel.

Still, the company is a target for short seller, per Ortex figures (updated daily).

Shareholders even suggest naked shorting is fueling lower share prices and preventing shares from rising based on retail and institutional demand.

Fintel is also reporting a large percentage of MULN trades going to dark pools.

Approximately 46.16% of MULN trading is happening outside the lit exchange which equates to roughly 85.8 million shares per day.

Dark pool trading as unfortunate as it is, is a tool institutions have been using to gain an advantage over retail investors.

However, massive buying pressure in the end has always proven to play in retail’s favor.

Related: Expert Says a MULN Short Squeeze is Highly Probable

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