"And so rather than debate that statement, that is to say,...

"And so rather than debate that statement, that is to say, contest your view ,( not that I would ) , I would simply ask you ....who are the "they" that you refer to ?"

I won't go into it too much in case of recrimination, but I think it's pretty obvious to anyone with half a brain that Merchant Banks, Hedge Funds, the Media and ASX are all colluding to make the most money from "retail" investors that they can, without a care in the world. They are all in on it. You can see for yourself what their group efforts have done to the Lithium sector over the last 2 months. Check out the short sells on CXO and who are participating. The same companies who have been known to the authorities for malpracticing for years, yet remain unchecked.

If they weren't all involved, how would they get away with, on a major scale, things like a) High Frequency Trading, b) Short Selling, c) Getting blatantly wrong / uninformed articles published in National media / reported on National news?

You can't tell me it's not a co-ordinated effort.

I'd best not go on or I could land in hot water