Category: Market Manipulation
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Gold and Silver Market Manipulation Video / Commodities / Market Manipulation
By: Janet_Tavakoli
Angie Miles interviews Janet Tavakoli. There’s a rich history of price manipulation in the commodities markets. Look for price anomalies as options expire tomorrow.
Many view gold as a currency alternative as central banks print money and debase their currencies.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Gold and Silver Market Price Manipulation, Look for Motive / Commodities / Market Manipulation
By: Janet_Tavakoli
Regulators haven't been able to keep up with price manipulation in the commodities markets or any other market. Why do games persist? The short answer is because they can, and because they can be very profitable in the short run.
If you've Googled gold or silver, you've probably come across sites that are breathless about the possibility of manipulation of metals prices. The problem with the internet is that it's new, too new to capture the rich history of the financial markets. Manipulation of metals prices--and the prices of many other commodities--is an old tradition. Here's one example adapted from An Alchemists Road: My transition from medicine to business, by Dr. Henry Jarecki (Dr. Jarecki is currently Chairman of Gresham Investment Management LLC.), October, 1989. This publication is not available on the internet.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Stock Market Manipulation / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation
By: Tim_Wood
My research suggests that the secular bull market, which began at the 1974 low, peaked at the October 2007 high and that we have been in a bear market advance since the March 2009 low. According to Dow theory, all bull and bear markets unfold in 3 phases with important counter-trend moves separating each of the phases. As I have said all along, the rally out of the March 2009 low has been a bear market rally that should prove to separate Phase I from Phase II of the longer-term secular bear market that is now under way. Nothing has occurred to change this point of view. Since the rally out of the October low began, I have received a number of e-mails asking about manipulation and if "they" could prevent or if "they" have perhaps already prevented the phase II decline.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Dodd Frank Act Finally Cleans up the COMEX Commodities / Commodities / Market Manipulation
By: George_Maniere
One of the best parts of writing is that I get so many great ideas from my readers. The readers of this site are some of the smartest people I have ever spoken with. Even the people who have never traded bring a fresh and new prospective to the way I see the market.
Yesterday I was proved right and completely blown away by a post from a reader. I did some homework on other sites and the probabilities of his post being accurate are 80%. So let’s get to it because I think you are going to like his thesis.
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Market Manipulation is Easy when Money is Free / Commodities / Market Manipulation
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
A concept investors had much time to ponder is the long run value of investment capital. To calculate seemingly abstract concepts, investors have very simple answers. The rule of 72 gives us a guideline for the doubling of money, and net present value calculators are now found on every computer with a spreadsheet program.
Calculating the rate at which money can earn a return is simple. Finding ways to generate that return is anything but. Further, in this period of record low interest rates, the methodology of money making has never been so twisted.
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Saturday, July 23, 2011
Profitably Playing Market Manipulation / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation
By: DeepCaster_LLC
“In his latest interview with King World News, geopolitical analyst James G. Rickards says credit default swaps are fraudulent mechanisms by which the "too big to fail" New York investment banks like J.P. Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs loot the world with an implicit U.S. government guarantee, making them de-facto agencies of the government.”
“With credit default swaps, banks loot world with a government guarantee, Rickards says”
Chris Powell, gata.org, 7/16/11
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Friday, July 22, 2011
Manipulated Markets, Dinosaurs, Dodo Birds and Wooly Mammoths / Commodities / Market Manipulation
By: Rob_Kirby
Back on June 23, 2011 – the Washington Post and Bloomberg reported that the U.S. and allies were going to release 60 million barrels of crude oil from strategic reserves to REDUCE OIL PRICES - reasoning this was to replace alleged shortages caused by the removal of 1.5 million barrels per day of light sweet Lybian crude which had been removed from the market:
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Insider Trading: “You Can’t Regulate Uncertainty” / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation
By: Casey_Research
On May 11, hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam was found guilty by a federal jury of engaging in a seven-year conspiracy to trade on illegal tips from corporate executives, bankers, and consultants. In a Conversations with Casey interview with Senior Analyst Louis James, here are Doug’s no-holds-barred musings on insider trading and the SEC.
Louis James: So, Doug, what’s your take on Raj Rajaratnam’s conviction?
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Monday, May 16, 2011
Is Insider Trading Really a Crime? / Politics / Market Manipulation
By: Robert_Murphy
A major piece of financial news last week was billionaire Raj Rajaratnam's conviction on 14 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy. Rajaratnam, founder of the hedge fund Galleon Group, was worth an estimated $1.8 billion in 2009. His conviction has pleased those who want the feds to crack down on "insider trading" and show the fat cats on Wall Street that they aren't above the rules.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Rajaratnam Guilty On All 14 Counts of Insider Trading - Faces 19+ Years In Prison / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation
By: Jesse
"The tapes show he didn't believe the rules applied to him. Cheating became part of his business model."
"He" is a microcosm of a financial system in which the currency of fraud drives out honest price discovery and displaces productive activity, and large institutions game the markets on a daily basis with near impunity, while the public underwrites their steady gains and occasional but spectacular losses.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Warren Buffett and Wall Street Boys / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation
By: Janet_Tavakoli
One of my long-time New York friends said: "If you have three people working in a McDonald's there will be politics and grandstanding. Wall Street isn't much different." There's more fame, and the fortune is much greater, but he's on to something.
One of the reasons Warren Buffett has cultivated an image of trustworthiness is because his public persona seemed to be above it. Some contrast from my personal experiences may illustrate the point.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Fed Launches the Most Fraudulent Market Manipulating Scheme Yet / Interest-Rates / Market Manipulation
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
The Federal Reserve is up to its fraudulent games. In this latest round of open market operations, the Federal Reserve is not only engaging in manipulation of the credit default swap market, but also paying off its allies in the ultimate scam of creating low-risk, high returns for hedge fund managers.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Murderers and Martyrs, Tide Goes Out on Buffett / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation
By: Janet_Tavakoli
At 12:40 Max Keiser talks to Janet Tavakoli about the tide going out on Warren Buffett, his reverse-moral suasion applied towards the rating agencies, et.al., his potential advance information of the September 2008 bailouts, GoldenWest/Wachovia/Wells Fargo, the SEC’s sleight of hand in bringing minor charges, while leaving massive securitization fraud unaddressed, i.e., enabling cover-ups.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Amaranth Collateral Damage in 78 Trillion Dollar J.P. Morgan Chase Derivatives Book / Commodities / Market Manipulation
By: Rob_Kirby
The purpose of this paper is to illuminate the real purpose of the obscene size of derivatives books amongst the world’s largest financial institutions. Derivatives in strategic markets are controlled by governments through proxy banks and agencies using these instruments. By sheer volume, the trading in paper “tails” wag the physical “dogs”. When market volatility negatively impacts these large institutions they are given a pass by regulators and accounting protocols in the interest of national security and preservation of the status quo. Moreover, this ensures the perpetuation of U.S. Dollar hegemonic power. The following accounts outline how these instruments are used to project this power.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Financial Scam Behind Rising Crude Oil and Food Prices? / Commodities / Market Manipulation
By: Danny_Schechter
The global economy and its recovery, and the living standards of millions of plain folks, are now at risk from the sudden rise in oil and commodity prices.
Gas at the pump is up, and going higher. Food prices are following.
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Fed U.S. Treasury Bond Market Manipulating Fraud, How Long Can it Continue? / Interest-Rates / Market Manipulation
By: Jesse
I have had this video on the manipulation of the debt markets by the Fed in the Matières à Réflexion links since last week, but moved it here on request because apparently many missed it, and did not understand its importance.
Sunday, April 03, 2011
Understanding American Fascism, the Insider Trading Shows / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation
By: Gary_North
"I seen my opportunities, and I took 'em." ~ George Washington Plunkett (of Tammany Hall)
Oh, boy! A scandal among the rich – the very, very rich – and famous. Warren Buffett's would-be replacement got his hand caught in the cookie jar. He is no longer in the running in the Buffett-replacement sweepstakes.
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Could There Really Be a Bernanke Put? / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation
By: Sy_Harding
Back in 1998, the U.S. stock market had become overbought and was in a normal correction, while Asian markets were plunging due to a currency crisis. When on top of those situations, giant hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management collapsed, causing problems for some major banks, the U.S. Fed worried that the combination might send the U.S. economy into a recession. So it quickly and dramatically cut interest rates. The economy did not slow into a recession, and the interest rate cuts encouraged the stock market, which turned back to the upside and kept going into the 1999 bubble.
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Yen Intervention, What a Manipulated Joke the Markets Are! / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation
By: PhilStockWorld
Of course, that’s why we love them, right? But, sometimes, even when we’re playing along – the manipulation we see is so sickening, we still feel the need to declare SHENANIGANS! Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, February 28, 2011
Microcosm of the Market Manipulation in the US and the Repeated Failure of Ideology / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation
By: Jesse
I am seeing this same sort of 'gaming the markets' across many markets and stocks that the author notes below, especially in those markets amenable to leverage and electronic manipulation such as indices driven by futures, options markets, and ETFs which more closely resemble carney games than investment vehicles.