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You're acting as if market manipulation is some far-out conspiracy theory rather than something relatively common. I don't think it takes a "kabal of evil geniu

You're acting as if market manipulation is some far-out conspiracy theory rather than something relatively common. I don't think it takes a "kabal of evil geniuses" to dupe a few credulous journalists who are incentivized and looking for a scoop by forging some documents. There are far more complex market manipulation conspiracies that are well-documented (see: LIBOR scandal) Furthermore, why haven't we heard anything from the SEC? They are an increasingly transparent organization. Why haven't they issued a press release or published their court filings on their website? Are we supposed to just trust a journalist's word and ability to verify that an anonymous "source familiar with the matter" isn't just bamboozling them?

ceejayoz 8y ago
C'mon, mate. Someone linked you to Musk himself commenting on this story. The "faked court docs" conspiracy theory dies definitively there. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1100215984713957376 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1100215984713957376
anth_anm 8y ago
> You're acting as if market manipulation is some far-out conspiracy theory rather than something relatively common. of course it's common. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1026872652290379776?lang=en https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1026872652290379776?lang... There's one excellent example of illegal market manipulation.
asdfasgasdgasdg 8y ago
> You're acting as if market manipulation is some far-out conspiracy theory rather than something relatively common. Something of the scope you're suggesting has literally never happened, as far as I am aware. Certainly not recently (i.e. last forty years) in the US. Bet ya fifty dollars the SEC did in fact send this show-cause order.