The financial industry is, as you'd expect the most corrupt of Federal Agencies. In terms of $s diverted it have to be the at or near the top.
The financial markets have always been corrupt, and easily manipulated. It wasn't easy to hide those manipulations post facto, prior to electronic trading there were paper trails that made it possible to follow the money.
The introduction of electronic markets was supposed to level the playing field, for large and small trader, instead it made it much easier for insiders to collude and rig the financial markets.
A ring of crooked financial "journalists" led by Jim Cramer and then my JC's protege a true Harry Lime character Adam Feuerstein at Jim Cramer's publication "The Street"
https://www.thestreet.com/story/14176330/1/goodbye.html
AF seems to have "retired" with his hundreds of millions looted from American investors, and dozens of destroyed biotech companies.
Let us hope Q was involved in AF's decision, because the damage done by these "journalists" to the most vulnerable and innovative secor of our economy over more than a decade is inestimable.
Inestimable value because in addition to 100s of billions in direct loses to investors, we know 100s of thousands of American's suffered and died unnecessarily from health problems that would otherwise have been treatable. I say 100s of thousand because to say "millions" sounds unreal, but millions of people have died of cancer or gone blind and suffered heart failure or amputation of limbs as a result of chronic diabetes.
As will be obvious, the looting of this particular sector of the market and the methodical destruction of baby biotechs was not just for financial profit. It was to keep us poor, sick, stupid and broke.
The way it worked was that the financial journalist launch coordinated attacks targeting the victim company. Usually this would be a company that had just had a successful clinical trial for a new medication or therapy, which people are excited about. Often successfully treated patients, their friends and families are the first investors. The excitement builds, the stock prices rises, and the journalist will feed this excitement with positive stories.
When the stock prices is high enough, the "journalists" begin a coordinated attack on the target company. At the same time, criminal hedge funds like Tourbillion begin selling hundreds of millions of shares in the company which they do not own, a practise called "naked" short selling.
https://www.businessinsider.com/jason-karps-tourbillon-capital-hedge-fund-had-a-tough-month-2018-3
Naked short selling is illegal but enforcement is in the hands of the SEC probably the most corrupt agency in the federal system
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https://www.investopedia.com/articles/optioninvestor/09/naked-short-selling.asp
DTCC which clears the trades is the rotten heart of the system. Shares that were sold naked, are supposed to be repurchased by the seller when the price of the stock falls, but this seldom happens because 1) more shares have been sold than exist 2) There is zero enforcement. When traders fail to deliver the shares they have borrowed, sold and been paid for, what happens? They are put on a list. Then what happens? Nothing.
if you go to site below and enter stock symbol for Mannkind "MNKD" you see how many shares have been sold "naked."
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/optioninvestor/09/naked-short-selling.asp
There is no enforcement because there is a multi trillion dollar liability, a "black hole" at the heart of DTCC the clearing agency that handle the trades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depository_Trust_%26_Clearing_Corporation
Weirdly, one US company targeted by this conspiracy is called Mannkind. Symbolic possibly?
The company Mannkind was started by the late Al Mann, a brilliant scientist who gave his life to the service of mankind, and gave most of his billion dollar fortune to philanthropic causes.
Mannkind, the company, has been under attack for over a decade,and it barely survives, despite the continuing attacks. Mannkind manufactures and markets a new form of insulin, which affords diabetics near normal control over their blood sugar. If you are diabetic, or have friends or family members who are, look in to Afrezza right away.
When the cult works this hard to destroy something you can be sure that it is something of value.
https://www.afrezza.com/
MNKD stock is selling for under $ 2.00 right now. I have a feeling that people like POTUS and Q know exactly what has been going on, and that the Cramer/Feuerstein/Tourbillion syndicate is going down (publicly or otherwise) and when the markets are free companies like Mannkind (there are many!) will enjoy the sucess that's been denied them.
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/mnkd