By Brandon Matthews
Summer is over, and with its end comes renewed interest in the issue of naked short selling as the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) takes up the issue once again at the urging of Congress. Back in January, there was talk of reinstating the uptick rule, which fell by the wayside for the last 10 months as the SEC has postponed and delayed every attempt to return the rule since, as firms such as Goldman Sachs protest its return. It begs the question of whether ...