I've seen activity on cryptocurrency exchanges over the yrs that,when combined w/news RE hacking,made me consider possibility of foreigngovts engaging in mrkt manipulation(Pump&Dump).IC-folk ever consider possibility of a grand pump&dump w/ intent of hurting US econ?
2/2 - To be clear, this is just a wild idea/question at the moment - I'm not suggesting that is going on here.
3/2 - So, my wild ideas often come from somewhere. Look at these three pics. For the last one, I added back today's DJIA gain to the total loss for the week as it was calculated at close yesterday ( -2756 + ~330 = ~2425). Close,huh? Weird. 🤔 
* approx. -2425
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5/ At least one other person noticed bot-like activity in market this week. 🤔 
6/ "information and cyber means - to shape...markets"
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9/ One early factoid in the PlanetMoney podcast ref'd below is to follow the hedge funds. As stock mrkt collapsed in 2008,P prices spiked.P is critical to large scale ag in short-term. Food prices are a function of fertilizer prices. #CommodityKingsMatter
