stock shorts are public record, and unfortunately for whoever did this, if that was the motive, united health stock actually slightly increased today, it had virtually no effect, it would make more sense to go after the operations if that was what they were trying to do, and there would probably also be better companies to go after in that way.  people have been caught trying to manipulate the market before, such as this contac incident in 1986, they got caught because their short was public record and therefore they were a suspect.    us/traces-of-poison-lead-to-recall- of-three-drugs.html there we go, two reasons why your take is wrong.
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