I don’t think that the “Bilderbergers” or the Illuminati are behind the corner everywhere we turn. Saying that and failing to acknowledge that Soros and others have been big currency manipulators, hedge powers and shorter with agendas are not contradictory.
Market forces can include more than the obvious and sometimes elections provide some timing.
Any time any of us selects a buyer for whatever we're selling, or any time one of us opts for one particular seller of what we want to buy, we're manipulating the market. We just don't call it that, but that's what it is. Yeah, I know that the big guys have more say but that's the way the human race works. Most guitar playing is done buy a guy like me plunkin' away alone or in front of a few pals. Most listening to guitar music is done buy a very few select pros w/ mass audiences. In the same way most money holders are guys like me w/ a few bux but most money is held by a few rich guys.
Most trades made in the financial markets are done buy small time investors like me. Most financial instruments (stocks, bonds, currencies) are traded by reps for large instituions. It's a good thing and it's how the human race works.