Is the stock market being manipulated right now?

r/

Is the stock market being manipulated right now?

Comments

  1. jeffreythegoatt Avatar

    It is likely, with hedge funds getting close to going under and bonds starting to go negative as well as the commodity market of gold, government interaction with tariffs had to be lifted in order for the US market to not get into somewhat of a depression. Although it might be a good manipulation for now to relive some stress from the market, it is still a form of manipulation.

  2. Moominsean Avatar

    Most likely, but there are no longer any laws for rich people in the US anymore.

  3. PatekPhill Avatar

    Just right now? Always has been.

  4. Natural_Ad_1717 Avatar

    Do you mean the obvious dump then pump? Yeah, nobody caught on to that. It doesn’t even rhyme with the person responsible. We are living in a Dr Seuss parody of capitalism.

  5. Glad_Movie_6025 Avatar

    it LITERALLY couldn’t be more obvious

  6. one_pound_of_flesh Avatar

    Trump is doing it in plain sight.

  7. BaldingThor Avatar

    Absolutely and nobody will be punished for it

  8. Damascus-Steel Avatar

    It’s never not being manipulated. Today was a particularly good example, but it happens constantly from everyone in government. Giving a huge military contract to Boeing? Let me buy a few stocks. Banning a product that Browning sells? Let me sell my stock. IMO no people in elected positions such as congress, nor their direct family, should be allowed to trade.

  9. redbulldrinkertoo Avatar

    Yes, and to distract the morons say Pelosi trade or Hunters laptop. That usually works.

  10. Effective_Tea_6618 Avatar

    Everyone’s pretty sure it’s a yes and that’s all that matters. This world relies on trust and we’re losing that blazing fast. We are only seeing a reaction to the news of chaos. Let’s see what happens when that chaos finally hits home for real

  11. Beao89 Avatar

    Fuck yeah it is!

  12. CantTakeMeSeriously Avatar

    Only if official government shenaniganizing counts…then affirmative.

  13. Weary-Inspector-6971 Avatar

    100% without a doubt.

  14. Lopsided_Hat_835 Avatar

    Most definitely is. Remember whenever the stock market crashes it’s the best time to buy.

  15. FinTecGeek Avatar

    Demonstrably so. We can see a clear conflict between the amount of risk that has “come out of the woodwork” over the past few weeks and the “recovery” that happened today. It’s, at best, a green mirage designed to lure more retail liquidity in so the larger players can get exited with enough to meet their margin calls.

    I look at the credit default swap spreads that have been persistently climbing at a steeper and stepper rate over the past several weeks and I can see that… there is systemic risk. Trump’s been “fishing with dynamite” and things have been “floating up” that are detrimental to the rest of our financial ecosystem.

    Trump admin’s erratic behavior has had a real, material, adverse effect on credit instruments. He has impaired the economy by interrupting key corporate and consumer credit flows. Today’s equity action is at odds with the broader impairment to the real economy which we have seen.

  16. PaulieW8240 Avatar

    Yup, but these laws don’t exist anymore apparently

  17. MaybeTheDoctor Avatar

    Yes, but it is an presidential official act, so there is nothing you can do about it, and nobody will ever see legal consequences.

  18. COBeerfan Avatar

    10000000000% it was. This will go down as one of the biggest scams in history

  19. vescis Avatar

    That’s its secret, Cap, it’s always being manipulated

  20. burrito_napkin Avatar

    Right now? No.
    It is being manipulated all the time.

  21. General_Ad80 Avatar

    yes. don’t invest just yet. It will skyrocket though and the rich get richer. Just wait a little bit.

  22. Appropriate_Lime_234 Avatar

    Yep. It’s gonna freefail by end of week again. Gonna rug pull everyone Friday.

  23. andoozy Avatar

    Yes and it always has been. Fuck banks. Fuck hedge funds. Fuck insiders. Fuck the corruption

  24. shizbox06 Avatar

    I think so. But I’m also open to the idea that policy is being developed based on the market reactions.

  25. Irish8ryan Avatar

    This is too stupid of a question to be on nostupidquestionz! Yes!?

  26. thejackedfit Avatar

    It definitely feels that way sometimes—especially when you see massive swings that don’t match any major news or fundamentals. Between algorithmic trading, insider info, and market sentiment getting driven by social media, retail investors are often just reacting to moves that already happened. Manipulated might be a strong word, but “influenced by forces we’ll never fully see” feels accurate.

  27. MaybeTheDoctor Avatar

    Insiders was given a 20 minutes warning so they could buy before the market bounced back.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/1jvjjjd/billionaires_fail_to_hide_1nsider_trading/

  28. Rhino3750ss Avatar

    Yes, that’s his plan..

    People who don’t leverage the manipulation tend to complain about it.

    All executive administrations manipulate the market; left, right, slanted, it don’t matter. . the ones that don’t put what they are doing on public display are trying to keep potential gains among the rich. Those who blatantly announce what they are doing are trying to get everyone in on the gains, the insider info and timing is being handed out on a platter, making it public info. Increase tariffs = buy. Pause tariffs = sell. I’m a landscaper, I’m by no means rich and I had the second best day my day trading portfolio has seen…because of knowing what to do and when. .

  29. RandyPeterstain Avatar

    lol, is it ever not? But, big yeah. If anyone else were pulling this shit, it would be called “organized crime”.

  30. Mountain-Detail-8213 Avatar

    Excuse me, Mr. President before you make your statement let me go buy some triple stocks in the NASDAQ. And if you’re gonna give PLTR another contract, let me know before I go by the double PLTU. And if you got good news for bitcoin, I’ll get that BITU.

  31. actuallycloudstrife Avatar

    No, I believe it is just the fluctuations of market adjustments across the different products and services as the supply chains and selections are made to determine how to find exemptions and opportunities to reduce costs. These things during times of uncertainty can experience swings like that but it is not the same as manipulation. It is normal volatility at times historically. Furthermore this shows hows manageable the US debt is, because our debt is around $35T whereas even our market activity during the week on any given day can be several trillion dollars of money in activity and our net worth is over $145T.

    So…yeah, we’ll be alright lol.

  32. SundayJan2017 Avatar

    It would have been nice if the announcement come formally from the podium of the white house rather than informally posting it on social media.

  33. Playful-Cellist-6083 Avatar

    Can you think of another time anything like this has happened in the last 100 years? 

  34. cjrjedi Avatar

    If course it is.

  35. 4N_Immigrant Avatar

    lol when is it not being manipulated would be a shorter answer

  36. DenaBee3333 Avatar

    What do you think?

  37. debtsolutionz Avatar

    It’s not you just have to have the right method and I can do that

  38. AjDubz456 Avatar

    Trump did this in his first term as well with his phony news about trade talks with China going “well” even though there was no progress at all.

  39. ThisIsDadLife Avatar

    Do you follow the adjudicated rapist on Truth social? Yes it is.

  40. j_rooker Avatar

    Blatantly because no one can do anything about it. Unlimited Power to enrich himself and his friends.

  41. fishboy3339 Avatar

    When is it not?

  42. Zatujit Avatar

    To be fair, insider trading is nothing new.
    The scale and doing it like this in plain sight is unprecedented however.

  43. xabrol Avatar

    I can’t really think of a time in United States history that the stock market has existed and it wasn’t being manipulated.

  44. MooseBoys Avatar

    Always has been. Are the tariff flip flops part of it? Who knows.

  45. CornerAppropriate195 Avatar

    Jared Kushner – short selling stocks

  46. kensmithpeng Avatar

    Joseph Kennedy used the standard “pump and dump” to make the Kennedy fortune. Trump just finished a reverse Kennedy. Trump did a “dump and pump”!

  47. Dickhertzer Avatar

    Not just the market. We happen to have a group of very ignorant people called ( Republicans) who think the Bible and lies are the best way to run things.

  48. Silent-Distance4271 Avatar

    Made 26k over the last two days. Thanks Mr President!!!

  49. The_Girl_That_Got Avatar

    I can’t believe this is allowed. Trump helping the rich get richer.

    Currently seniors who will not have time to recover from the crash/dip are the ones that are really hurting

  50. VinylmationDude Avatar

    As much as the collapsing bridge on the Universal Studios Tram Tour. It partially collapses and then resets itself for the next group of sucker- I mean guests.

  51. Stonna Avatar

    YES

    Expect to see some wild stuff in the next couple of years

    Banks going bankrupt, and maybe even the death of the stock market as we know it 

  52. I_might_be_weasel Avatar

    Yes. Overtly with no attempts to be subtle.

  53. Odd-Software-6592 Avatar

    Just look at MTG trading and you will see what is the money trail to answer your question.

  54. Taylor-Day Avatar

    Always has been it’s just more obvious right now.

  55. Aggressive-Shop4494 Avatar

    Feels like there’s some manipulation going on, especially with all the sudden changes and social media buzz. Definitely something to watch!

  56. HazeAbove Avatar

    Honest question, why not?

  57. 815born805heart Avatar

    Yeap. This is a man made crisis.

  58. Moribunned Avatar

    Openly on public platforms.