Silver Manipulation

Market manipulation, also called price manipulation, can be defined broadly as a purposeful effort to control prices. This sort of manipulation exists in financial markets as traders try to influence the markets. It may be responsible for some short-term aberrations in asset prices, including the price of silver. However, there is another, more specific definition. According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), manipulation is intentional conduct designed to deceive investors by controlling or artificially affecting the market for a security. This includes rigging quotes, prices or trades to create a false or deceptive picture of the demand for an asset. A popular belief within the precious metals investing community is that gold is manipulated and the same goes for silver (generally manipulated downwards, in what is described as price suppression).