Key insights
- The author argues against attributing market movements to manipulation simply because they contradict personal investment strategies. The piece suggests that recent market rebounds are natural corrections, not manipulation, and advises investors to learn from their misjudgments rather than blaming external factors. This perspective has a slightly negative influence as it highlights potential overconfidence and misinterpretations among retail investors, which could lead to further market instability.
So, a lot of new investors are now learning the hard lesson that most of us learn early on. That you cannot and should not attempt to predict short term moves in the market.
However, instead of taking a step back and realizing that sitting in cash waiting for a market crash was a fool’s errand, many people are crying that this is all market manipulation. This term has lost so much of its meaning over the past 5 years.
Financial institutions colluding to suppress the price of a stock they have collectively taken a short position on is manipulation.
A general rebound in the overall stock market after a disruptive event is corrected is not manipulation.
You will be better off admitting you misread the situation and that you are not the victim of market manipulation. Learn your lesson and adjust accordingly.
You cannot fight the market. It doesn’t work that way.