why is it everytime a forumite is on the wrong end of a trade, they cry market manipulation and come out with the conspiracy theories? If you believe Telkom is a good buy, why do you care what short term movements are doing. Take a page out of your investment hero's book and buy more, you have just been gifted an opportunity to do so. If you are more circumspect, like the market in general, then why are you holding on to these? You should have offloaded like the rest of the market when they heard the news.