> Many regulations on the stock market are there because of past abuses. I'm typically rather anti-regulation as well, but it's like when you see "do not eat" l

> Many regulations on the stock market are there because of past abuses. I'm typically rather anti-regulation as well, but it's like when you see "do not eat" labels on a box of razor blades: you know it's there because some one did it (and probably sued). Letting executives arbitrarily sell stock on a public exchange could have serious ramifications. The decline in price is not due to any regulation, but rather the free market. When people see many shares on sale, the price of the stock goes down due to free market principles. Let's not reach for blaming regulation when that does not change the fundamental nature of the game.