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As Google Gemini has been so helpful recently I asked it to write an executive summary about how financial institutions can manipulate a stock. This is AI generated content. DYOR.

Executive Summary: ASX Stock Manipulation by Financial Institutions.

Financial institutions have the potential to manipulate ASX-listed stocks, undermining market integrity and investor confidence. This manipulation can occur through various methods, with the goal of inflating or deflating a stock's price for their own benefit.

Common tactics include:

• Wash Trading: Buying and selling the same stock repeatedly to create a false impression of high trading activity and lure in other investors.
• Spoofing: Placing and cancelling orders rapidly to create a temporary illusion of buying or selling pressure, driving the price up or down without actual trades.
• Pump-and-Dump Schemes: Artificially inflating a stock price through positive recommendations or media hype, then selling their holdings at the peak and leaving retail investors with deflated stock.

Financial institutions may also manipulate stocks through:

• Selective disclosure of information: Withholding negative news or strategically releasing positive information to influence investor sentiment.
• Exercising undue influence over research analysts: Pressuring analysts to issue favourable ratings to benefit their own holdings or transactions.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is responsible for regulating market manipulation. However, complex financial maneuvers and the vast resources of financial institutions can make detection challenging.Investors should be aware of these tactics and conduct thorough research before investing in ASX-listed stocks.