October 16, 2021
By allowing a sole individual the power to suspend trading to the public invalidates the true value of any given stock or security, particularly when said individual has a personal stake or interest in the rise and/or falling of a price.
The rule change claims to be looking to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts, but the most recent notable use of said type of suspension of a stock has currently lead to turmoil and distrust in the NYSE, and it continues to be a leading, daily subject in the media. By continuing to sow distrust by allowing the mishandling of stocks in this manner, it will continue to threaten the confidence of any individual looking to invest and will negatively impact the exchange going forward as fewer people are willing to entrust their capital to the opinion of one individual on \"public interest\" as per the filing.
I call upon whosoever reads this to reject the filing and allow confidence to be reinstated within the NYSE by allowing the value of the stocks to be dictated by all who choose to invest or not, rather than the monopolized opinion of one individual.