The legal attribute of market manipulation is not monopoly or vicious speculation, but securities fraud.

操纵市场行为的法律性质不是垄断、恶意投机，而是证券欺诈。

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The manipulation of securities market can be classified as follows: actual purchases, pool operation, maliciously spread and fabricate false information and other conducts of manipulation.

操纵市场行为可大体分为“虚伪交易型”、“实际交易型”、“恶意散布、制造虚假信息型”与“其他操纵行为”等四大类。

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Manipulating prices of securities in the stock market is a very common offense, but stock market manipulation crime is rare in judicial practice.

操纵证券价格是证券市场中十分普遍的一种违法行为，然而操纵证券市场罪却又是司法实践中较少见的罪名。

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The Judiciary Committee, chaired by Pennsylvania Republican Arlen Specter, is examining the relationship between hedge funds and securities analysts to see if there are abuses that can open the door to market manipulation.

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Evans, by the way, also had a history of SEC violations including insider trading and market manipulation which ultimately ended in a permanent injunction barring him from the securities industry.

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