yo BoBo?..... blaming government agencies for failure to make money in the stock is non sequitur..... the stock market is the greatest wealth generating machine on the planet... I could name a few companies: apple, google , nvidia, and a whole slew of others that made those that took risk millionaires...the gaming of the stock prices by MM, Insiders, short sellers, hedge funds are what causes movements in the stock price... for those that are astute at trading, it is an opportunity to make money: to wit.... coop was selling for 90 dollars yesterday... today one could sell a call option for November on the 100 dollar strike price for 1.35 dollars per share in premium... if exercised in November, the profit would be 135 dollars per contract... so 10000+135 =10,135...if you bought at 90 dollars per share , it would cost you 9000 dollars... your profit would be 10135-9000=1135 dollars per contract!!!!! ..... one cannot live life at the systolic, or diastolic points at the cycle of the breath... it is in the movement BETWEEN THE BREATH that life is lived....only by taking on risk is wealth made...... not sitting at a computer typing messages about how the government agencies engage in manipulation.... you have been here for years typing B.S., and lost out on making the greatest amount of money in your lifetime....ask ItsMyOption about the hundreds of thousands he made by selling options on Coop..... Lodas