Market manipulation, also called price manipulation, can be defined broadly as a purposeful effort to control prices. This sort of manipulation exists in financial markets as traders try to influence the markets. Is Silver being manipulated?
Markets…What we expect…what to think about… My analysis still suggests that we face the risk of a harsh bear market….the brokerage house stooges and some of the business television (but not all) never offer prudent advice that some profits should be taken to await better buying opportunities. That advice rarely occurs as it interferes with their commission needs and advertising revenues. It also interferes with brokerages’ corporate finance relationships.
The majority of the large full service American brokerage houses no longer allow their brokers/financial advisers to do their own independent research and choose their own stocks…. or to make recommendations to clients unless they are covered by their own firms’ research departments. This severely limits the opportunities and choices investors deserve, it also puts them at greater risk. Moreover, the brokers and financial advisers cannot use any of the many excellent and time-tested research services that are readily available. And there are many of them.
QUESTION …HOW IS THE HIGH FREQUENCY/ALGORITHMIC TRADING DONE?To better understand it, we know a wealthy investor in Florida, a Mr. Smith who does “high frequency type trades” exclusively for himself! We estimate that he has over $100 million in investments. We are trying to simplify this with a small example but understand that each day we are seeing the major traders doing hundreds of millions of dollars in high frequency trading and algorithmic trading.
….. What so few understand…..but they should….. Some of the most knowledgeable yet still uninformed investors and many media people do not understand a key factor that has carried and supported the stock market (and too many individual stocks) to such overvalued levels for exceptionally long periods.
Sam Stovall, CFRAResearch.com, New York Four factors likely contributed to the price of gold rising from less than $1,500 per ounce late in 2019 to more than $2,000 per ounce today.
Gold..our view! Posted on July 13, 2020 | By KCGrainger | The Gold market …… we expect much more upside…but expect downdrafts and pit-stops. Our analysis suggests that we are now in a very strong market for gold and precious metals stocks which should continue for several years. Few investors get involved when stocks are undervalued. Our analysis also suggests that the Industrial stock market such as the S&P 500 faces a long bear market.
For five years, we have expected the stock market to undergo 20% to 30% declines each time to be followed with moves back up. That would have been the normal historical price action. Those types of market corrections down in price did a “judicious” job of preventing the severe overvaluations that we have seen occur. The stock market avoided the normal corrections due to several factors and was kept up and pushed to dangerous overpriced levels.
An article in Canada’s french La Press today announced that Canada had finished selling off its gold reserves. The last time a country sold their gold it was England at US$275 per ounce in 2002. It turned out to be a bottom (the worst time to sell) as it is now around US$1700 per ounce. Let’s see if history repeats itself. I have always been on the record to support assets with no counter party risks such as gold and silver. When the Canadian dollar drops in value, that store of value offered by gold and silver stocks and bullion will look that much more sensible. Canadian gold industry stocks may be offering an exceptional opportunity right now. Link: https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/economie/canada/201603/03/01-4957040-le-canada-vend-ses-reserves-dor.php (French / En français)
Shorting with no uptick required…creating chaos and damaging markets This first paragraph is a letter we received from a professional investor and money manager for many decades. As follows: The question is and always has been are the stock markets primarily for the investing public or for the banks’ and brokerage houses’ profits from their trading desks. The answer is obvious as people believe more than ever that the investing public is more than ever and by far the last in line when dealing with the banks and brokerages which function first and foremast for their own profits.
