# Professor Rosa Abrantes-Metz is interviewed about her research on market manipulation

1 Faculty News October 6, 2016 ![Kitco News logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/kitco.jpg?itok=GHMt4AXL)>

Excerpt from [Kitco News](http://www.kitco.com/news/2016-10-06/Anyone-Who-Traded-Gold-in-Last-Decade-Affected-Key-Player-Speaks.html) -- "Manipulation is not only bad, it is also illegal. Yes, it is often part of the game, a rigged part of the game. For over a decade that I have been developing empirical screens (as in this gold case), in order to assist in detecting this type of rigging. I am a believer in markets, but also know well (given my work across many markets) that they can be and have been abused."

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