Like BH said, all markets have their power players and insiders. When the government got into the stock market game, the manipulation went from covert to overt. The FED gave banks extremely low interest loans, which the banks used to bolster their stock value and buy out lesser competitors. Here's another example of the corruption of that particular system: Look how congressman can pass legislature that impacts the financial markets and sell this knowledge to special interest groups prior to passage of a law w/out breaching insider trading regulations. It's a travesty, and it proves that some of us are indeed second class citizens and others are above the law, or at least certain laws.
Posted 03/21/2012 10:30 pm
