I think that's more a question of the power and influence of money. Yes, that surely influences the stock market.
One could compare that power with the law of gravity in nature. Almost.
The larger the planet the larger the force of gravity. That is kind of like money. The reality is that Small money can do almost little other than finding ways to watch it in a timely manner to take advantage. Huge pension funds like Calpers of California employ many trained traders to manage that power. Pension funds and those who make decisions in that process are not there for any individual per se when they lack the education and expertise. Society builds its own ways to delegate as best it can to manage the common wealth. Critics abound in this matter one way or another as we can see claiming things can be improved fortunately at times. Change is part of life and AI may help in this area as well.
Power=MONEY and it's just as like Superpowers rule the world with that power when they also lead in high technology and their knowledge and expertise in superior war weapons and how to deliver them when needed anywhere on the Planet. Sadly it's a tough world but it's the only one we have..
It is understandable that may look unfair other smaller nations same as to retail money in the stock market. Is that fraud and manipulation?
Larger funds always dominate as they move money in many ways in the stock market.
Any wonder successful retail money try to watch how the money is moving? They try watch that money movement to benefit from when prices go up, or short when they sense the prices are heading down.
There isn't much new in that fact in the financial market in that respect. Of course one would like to have that power, and small retail money see manipulation anywhere they can. But reality of life has shown that in all nations and empires and dynasties money=power is the reality in our material life.
Market manipulation and fraud is when laws are broken in the regulated and supervised markets.
Also when abusing the power of money for corruption and for self further enrichment.
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