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Can anyone actually explain 'Market Manipulation'

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Jul 18, 2026 · 04:22

Stocks go down, then everyone starts screaming 'the markets manipulated' or 'it's all calculated and manipulated' etc etc - but I've never seen an good explanation what that even means?


Manipulated by whom? Is it some big coordinated effort between institutions to all sell at once? I don't know if manipulation actually means something or if it's just a cope word because the market it down.

thoughts?