UK regulator just quietly scrapped the rule that revealed who was shorting stocks. What used to be public will now be hidden behind anonymous aggregate numbers. Less transparency, more cover for insiders to rig markets and profit when they collapse. This rule was definitely lobbied for by those at the top, the same banks and funds telling everyone to buy into this bubble while they secretly load up on shorts behind the scenes. Same playbook in the US and everywhere else. They did this in 2008 and every other recession. They pump the bubble, jump ship, short at the top, and retail gets left holding the bag.(Jacob King)