[Uruknet 47908 12-oct-2008 19:04 ECT] Who is Behind the Financial Meltdown? Market Manipulation and the Institutional Speculator

The market is heavily manipulated. The driving force behind the meltdown is speculative trade. The system of "private regulation" serves the interests of the speculators. While most individual investors loose when the market falls, the institutional speculator makes money when there is a financial collapse. In fact, triggering market collapse can be a very profitable undertaking. There are indications that the Security Exchange Commission (SEC) regulators have created an environment which supports speculative transactions...