Legal Definition and Related Resources of Manipulation

In the context of the security exchange Act, the word is a term of art and refers generally to practises, such as wash sales, matched orders or rigged prices that are intended to mislead investors by artificially affecting market activity. Denotes the intentional or wilful conduct designed to deceive or defraud investors by controlling or artificially affecting the price of security See Ernst & Ernst v Hochfelder, 425 US 185, 96 S.Ct. 1375, 47 L.Ed.2d 668.

Processing wherein merchandise is packed, unpacked, repacked, cleaned, sorted, graded or otherwise changed in condition but not manufactured.

An illegal operation. Buying or selling a security for the purpose of creating false or misleading appearance of active trading or for the purpose of raising or depressing the price to induce purchase or sale by others.

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Manipulation in Historical Law

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Manipulation Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)

The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Manipulation in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: Buying or selling a SECURITY to create a false appearance of active trading and thus influence other investors to buy or sell shares.