How Wall Street Manipulates Investors

There are nearly 100 million investors in America. They have well over $8 trillion invested in mutual funds alone. Every 1% that greedy Wall Street manipulators can skim off the top, gives them a cool $80 billion. The Wall Street brainwashing machine has been in full swing for decades. The manipulators use psychological tricks and deception to line their pockets. Their main goal is to keep the average investor in the dark by controlling his mind. It is simple brainwashing that takes advantage of the emotions of fear and greed. 

When you include the $trillions invested in other markets by investors, it is easy to see why the "hype" machine works so well. It is all based on investor behavior. The average investor is manipulated to believe he is incompetent and unlearned in the ways of Wall Street. By keeping investors dependent, non-informed, and rational, it is easy to control the everyday investor mind. 

The average person enters the market insecure, vulnerable, and irrational. This is exactly how wall street manipulators like their prey. They will tell you to keep a rational mind. The perfect example of this was the period from 1980 to 2000. The markets had gone through a downward trending period. The economy had been in a recession in the early eighties. Then in late 1982, there was a sudden turnaround in the markets. The insiders and manipulators began buying. Then as the 1980's progressed, the propaganda machine revved up into full gear. The public was constantly bombarded with advertising. The persuaders continued to pound their tables insisting that everyone needed investments, especially for retirement. Ring any bells? 

Heading into the 90's, the market continued to rise in value. More and more of the public were enticed to invest in the markets. In the latter 1990's, prices were skyrocketing. Stocks that had no business rising were bought by greedy investors. The manipulation and hype was the inducement to keep buying at any price. Finally, the insiders began to unload their holdings in earnest. And soon the buying public was trapped as the markets began to collapse.