User talk:Antiquemania

This is an article about the US stock market. This is not a discussion about how to invest, but rather to make people aware that the US stock market is a gigantic model of manipulation. The individual equities on the market only move according to how the MM's manipulate them. The term MM is thought to mean Market Makers, individuals who control the bid and ask price of all stocks, but in reality, MM stands for Market Manipulators. Let's first begin by highlighting upgrades and downgrades by brokerage houses and other financial institutions but first, it must be understood that they are all one big network working in conjunction with each other take the retail investor for all he/she is worth. They profess to be "experts" when in reality they are controlling the market. It doesn't take any skill or intelligence to manipulate the market when everyone works together. Here's how it works: Brokerage firm A downgrades company X. Keep in mind brokerage firms assume that the retail investor is a moron and will follow the downgrade and sell their position, bringing the price down, making it cheaper for their buddies at brokerage firm B to buy. Along the way, brokerage firm A is short selling the stock it just downgarded, as are his buddies. Short selling is a common practice but only allowed with those who have the financial resources, which excludes most retail investors. The idea behind short selling is to sell at a certain point, phantom shares, then when the price is low enough, the short seller buys back the phantom shares and has made a profit. Short sellers never really lose because the MM's make sure of that. If a stock has some sort of breaking news that, under normal circumstances, would cost it to rise quickly, in that scenario, the short sellers would be crushed, but, that rarely happens. Short sellers get more than enough warning and have plenty of time to cover their positions because the MM's control the movement of a stock, and if it has to rise, the MM's do it small increments so as not to hurt the short sellers. MM's will even hold a stock at a certain price, no matter how many shares are being traded, their ability to hold a stock confirms the manipulation. Antiquemania (talk) 15:12, 12 September 2008 (UTC)