March 4, 2009

Subject: File No. S7-08-09

I would like to ask you to consider re-instating the uptick rule. I believe that unfettered shorting and naked shorting create fear and destabilize the market.

I would also like to ask you to consider removing the requirement for mark-to-market accounting. I feel that this creates unnecessary market uncertainty and volatility.

I think that market stability is prerequisite to economic recovery.

Thank you