Who Controls The SEC

[Lostpuppy]

Insider trading This is the gang that should protect investors

PRESS RELEASE

Paul S. Atkins Sworn In as SEC Chairman​

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



Chairman Atkins was nominated by President Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2025, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 9, 2025.

“I am honored by the trust and confidence President Trump and the Senate have placed in me to lead the SEC,” said Chairman Atkins. “As I return to the SEC, I am pleased to join with my fellow Commissioners and the agency’s dedicated professionals to advance its mission to facilitate capital formation; maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets; and protect investors. Together we will work to ensure that the U.S. is the best and most secure place in the world to invest and do business.”

Prior to returning to the SEC, Chairman Atkins was most recently chief executive of Patomak Global Partners, a company he founded in 2009.

SEC.gov | Paul S. Atkins Sworn In as SEC Chairman

www.sec.gov

 

[Lostpuppy]

Who is Patomak Global Partners

Chairman Atkins was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as a Commissioner of the SEC from 2002 to 2008. During his tenure, he advocated for transparency, consistency, and the use of cost-benefit analysis at the agency. Chairman Atkins also represented the SEC at meetings of the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets and the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Economic Council. From 2009 to 2010, he was appointed a member of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Before serving as an SEC Commissioner, Chairman Atkins was a consultant on securities and investment management industry matters, especially regarding issues of strategy, regulatory compliance, risk management, new product development, and organizational control.

From 1990 to 1994, Chairman Atkins served on the staff of two chairmen of the SEC, Richard C. Breeden and Arthur Levitt, ultimately as chief of staff and counselor, respectively.

Chairman Atkins began his career as a lawyer in New York, focusing on a wide range of corporate transactions for U.S. and foreign clients, including public and private securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions

Chairman Atkins was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as a Commissioner of the SEC from 2002 to 2008. During his tenure, he advocated for transparency, consistency, and the use of cost-benefit analysis at the agency. Chairman Atkins also represented the SEC at meetings of the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets and the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Economic Council. From 2009 to 2010, he was appointed a member of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Before serving as an SEC Commissioner, Chairman Atkins was a consultant on securities and investment management industry matters, especially regarding issues of strategy, regulatory compliance, risk management, new product development, and organizational control.

From 1990 to 1994, Chairman Atkins served on the staff of two chairmen of the SEC, Richard C. Breeden and Arthur Levitt, ultimately as chief of staff and counselor, respectively.

Chairman Atkins began his career as a lawyer in New York, focusing on a wide range of corporate transactions for U.S. and foreign clients, including public and private securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions

SEC.gov | Paul S. Atkins Sworn In as SEC Chairman

www.sec.gov

 

[Lostpuppy]

And just a quick view of from Patomak

Summary​

Situation Overview: Kalshi announced that it pursued enforcement actions against two participants for alleged manipulative trading activity. The CFTC also issued a related Prediction Markets Advisory reaffirming its oversight authority in this area and emphasizing compliance expectations for DCMs and market participants.[1]

Prediction Market Surveillance: CFTC Advisory and SRO Enforcement Action

Kalshi announced that it pursued enforcement actions against two participants for alleged manipulative trading activity. The CFTC also issued a related Prediction Markets Advisory reaffirming its oversight authority in this area and emphasizing compliance expectations for DCMs and market...

patomak.com

 

[Lostpuppy]

President Trump has asserted increased control over the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2025 through executive orders requiring policy coordination with the White House and revoking staff authority to open formal investigations
. By appointing a new chair to pursue deregulation, the administration is shifting the SEC toward a "light-touch" approach, reducing enforcement actions

 

[Lostpuppy]

Is this market manipulation?" Horsford asked, adding: "If it’s not market manipulation, what is it?" The Democratic Congressman went on to question Greer about the process Trump used to arrive at his decision, implying the president chose not to keep his own trade representative in the loop.

The president's social media company -- Truth Social, where he pushed his followers to buy -- closed up 22% after the Trump administration pressed pause, up more than twice as much as the broader market. Since going public last year, the company has traded mostly as a meme stock.

Trump has close ties with billionaires Charles Schwab, whose estimated net worth exceeds $12 billion, and NASCAR team owner Roger Penske, with a $5.6 billion fortune. Both of them saw their fortunes rise after the sudden shift in policy, according to Trump himself.

"He made $2.5 billion today, and he made $900 million! That's not bad," Trump said, referring to Schwab and Penske.

Allegations of manipulation also come months after Trump rolled out a meme coin -- $TRUMP -- which climbed to $8 billion almost overnight. Such coins are prone to pump and dump scams, where creators of the coin drive up the price before dumping them on people who are not on the inside of the grift.

Pausing the tariffs didn't put a stop to the roller coaster ride investors have been on since Liberation Day. A day after stocks boomed, they are back down near where they were before the president posted on social media his decision to take a break from some of the restrictions.

How insider trading label could be hard to prove on Trump's Truth Social 'buy' tip

President Donald Trump told his social media followers to buy stock amid a market downturn after he applied maximum aggressive tariffs on most U.S. imports.

abc3340.com

 

[Lostpuppy]

Is there a pattern?
Do your own research? when overlaid on market charts, there are clearly hundreds of dollars being gambled, with the right info, barely risked,
would you like the same fair benefit?

Gord Gecko Wsll Street 1984
“
The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good.

Greed is right.

Greed works.

Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

Greed, in all of its forms -- greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind.

And greed -- you mark my words -- will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA”

 

[Monarch]

This is such an important topic. Every comment by Trump is calculated to move the markets one way or the other. Then you have those behind the scenes moving money, stocks, etc., one way or the other depending on what Trump says, sometimes even before he says it in anticipation.

Between what's going on here and sites like Polymarket, the manipulation is terrible. I mean look at the level of scrutiny on the NFL after betting became main stream. Now people can do the same with politics and war. This entire thing is a made for TV drama/action flick to drive markets and make billionaires even richer. Unfortunately it's costing people their lives and the elite couldn't care less.

 

[Lostpuppy]

This is such an important topic. Every comment by Trump is calculated to move the markets one way or the other. Then you have those behind the scenes moving money, stocks, etc., one way or the other depending on what Trump says, sometimes even before he says it in anticipation.

Between what's going on here and sites like Polymarket, the manipulation is terrible. I mean look at the level of scrutiny on the NFL after betting became main stream. Now people can do the same with politics and war. This entire thing is a made for TV drama/action flick to drive markets and make billionaires even richer. Unfortunately it's costing people their lives and the elite couldn't care less.

i deep dived the SEC in a recent thread,
I think you have nailed it!