please explain, page-16

On the topic of short selling here is a quote from Germany's Deputy Prime Minister discussing Hedge Funds in 2005:


"Some financial investors spare no thought for the people whose jobs they destroy. They remain anonymous, have no face, fall like a plague of locusts over our companies, devour everything, then fly on to the next one."


Clearly it's time someone in our government made a public comment about the wealth destruction of the retail investor in Australia due to hedge fund activity. Frankly, it astonishes me that there are some on this forum (and others) who believe that the accusation of price manipulation is a product of an overactive imagination! There can be no doubt it occurs and the current share price of AGO and many other listed companies are proof of it.