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Topic: market-manipulation

Analysis

From Spice Ships to Slot Machines: How the Stock Market Lost Its Way

The stock market was invented to crowdfund dangerous ocean voyages — now it is a casino where Congress trades on inside information and algorithms front-run your orders in microseconds.

Analysis

The Insider Trading Pattern: Who's Making Billions Before Trump's Announcements?

The DOJ is investigating $2.6 billion in suspicious oil futures trades placed minutes before Trump's Iran announcements, cabinet officials dumped stocks days before tariff crashes, and the agencies…