Charlie Perrin wrote on 5/10/08 12:50 AM:
> On Thu, 08 May 2008 16:22:55 GMT, "Homeless" wrote:
>
>> Someone has told thier broker to buy 5 million shares of company xyz,
2%
>> each day until order complete.
>> Orders show up in after hours at what looks like the average price for
the
>> day, is this a clue?
>> How can average joe find out who is buying and who is selling those
shares?
>> What if it only 500K total shares?
>
> All the confirmations I've seen have some boilerplate like: "The name
> of the other broker or party, the time, date, and exchange the
> transaction was executed through; and the amount of compensation
> received will be provided upon written request."
The key is "broker or party".......NOT the actual customers' name.......
If you bought 100 ABC on the NYSE through your broker, Screwem Securities,
do you really think you could find out the name of the seller???
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