MSM: TrimTabs suggests government manipulated stocks

(MarketWatch) – The unusual circumstances that led the U.S. market to rally powerfully in 2009 might be explained by secret government moves to buy stocks, according to Charles Biderman, the founder and chief executive of TrimTabs, a research firm that tracks liquidity flows in the market.

MSM: Time for Fed to disprove PPT conspiracy theory

(MarketWatch) – The massive stock-market rally in the past nine months is mostly due to secret government buying of stock-index futures, a respected stock-market analyst said Tuesday.

Is the Fed Juicing the Stock Market? – Mike Whitney

Is the Fed manipulating the stock market?  TrimTabs CEO Charles Biderman seems to think so, and he makes a strong case for his theory in an article at zerohedge.com.

MSM: Insiders sell like there’s no tomorrow

(CNN) – Corporate officers and directors were buying stock when the market hit bottom. What does it say that they’re selling now?

How Bad Will It Get? – Mike Whitney

The U.S. economy is at the beginning of a protracted period of adjustment. The sharp decline in business activity, which began in the summer of 2007, has moderated slightly, but there are few indications that growth will return to pre-crisis levels.