Occupy Wall Street Trickles Into the SEC

This is fascinating...

As far as we can tell, Occupy Wall Street made its SEC-filing debut yesterday, at least by name, in two separate filings. The first, in an 8-K from Strategic Hotels & Resorts (BEE) — a $943-million market-cap real-estate investment trust that concentrates on luxury hotels — landed on the SEC’s virtual desk a few minutes before noon. More on them in a moment. 

The second instance came not two hours later, when CME Group (CME) filed its 10-Q. CME Group, of course, runs the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade and the New York Mercantile Exchange. So it’s not surprising that it would take a dim view of the protests in New York’s financial district and see itself as a potential target of any nefarious foes of the financial system.

The 10-Q filing from CME is really interesting.  Remember, these are the clowns who posted a sign that said "We are the 1%" in the windows above the Occupy Chicago protests.

“In connection with the continued economic uncertainty, groups such as Occupy Wall Street and Anonymous, have targeted the financial services industry as part of their protest against the perceived lax regulation of the financial sector and economic inequality.” 

It's working, Occupy, it's working.