Harvey Pitt Trading Quotations

With respect to short selling, ... the goal of all of us is to have a market that most closely approximates the normal trading environment. As a result of that, you can tell in which direction we will probably be leaning.

If the analyst is communicating his findings to a select group of people and it might lead to proprietary trading by his employer, then you might have problems. But if he is publishing information for a widespread audience, I have less of a problem with it,

As a safety precaution while the tragic events of today are sorted out, the securities markets have decided not to open for trading today. We strongly support that decision.