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Fair's fair... So long as every organization or individual that takes public money has their affairs exposed to public scrutiny, I see nothing to argue with.

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banks does have the hability to scrutinize all your financial life before lending you money. but all you have when giving them YOUR money is a little pamphlet.

Also, i'm pretty sure i can pay some few bucks and also have most of that information about you if so i desire.

You get a fair bit more than that when buying shares in a bank...

Fed argument only covers stock price as a consequence of scaring people that put their money into bank accounts.

if you're Warren Buffett.

I have invested in public companies for 10 years now and all I got were SEC filings...

At any time you could have shown up to the AGM and caused a ruckus.

and they will immediately surrender and hand me over their corporate secrets. rrright!

An uninformed person causing a ruckus at the AGM is just a crank.

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