"Nursery do you believe that a computer program could suppress...

"Nursery do you believe that a computer program could suppress the share price of a company that is rapidly increasing profits, beating all expectations, paying increasing dividends in a a sector that is going from strength to strength?

You are right there. Like the class bully does not pick on the best fighter in the class.

"Or a computer program can only suppress a company that misses expectations, has cashflow issues etc. Computer programs only exacerbate an issue."

Right again. They pick on the weak and those like Lynas that are disappointing shareholders and exploit the situation.

Any study is usually associated with the interests of those that want as many trades as possible on a daily basis as the make nothing from people holding onto shares long term. Those studies are designed to give the desired result.

They are the leeches bleeding true investments and add nothing to the overall economy.

So while your statement may be right it does not mean that the system is not corrupted and shorting is a big part of that corruption.