Nope they can artificially increase the price by hoarding and making it less available. Think about any commodity... everyone needs sugar/salt, what if somebo

Nope they can artificially increase the price by hoarding and making it less available. Think about any commodity... everyone needs sugar/salt, what if somebody starts buying all the sugar from the market and hoards it... some people will start consuming less but the prices will increase due to lack of supply and more or less constant demand.. and then the person can open floodgates and make some dough in the process... Pretty common in Third world countries (and hence illegal)