15-03-2017, 02:27 PM
(15-03-2017, 11:48 AM)Jacmar Wrote: [ -> ]I don't think a pump & dump has to just circulate false/misleading info. A syndicate could well pain such a rosy image of the co or industry that the sky is the limit is good enough. Take the lessons from the dot-com error as example where people are predicting the end of brick & mortar to ecommerce. AEM is in the semicon industry and this industry is quite cyclical. I know as I am in this industry.
not vested, just sharing a view
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_and_dump
"Pump and dump" (P&D) is a form of microcap stock fraud that involves artificially inflating the price of an owned stock through false and misleading positive statements, in order to sell the cheaply purchased stock at a higher price. Once the operators of the scheme "dump" sell their overvalued shares, the price falls and investors lose their money. Stocks that are the subject of pump and dump schemes are sometimes called "chop stocks".[1]
While fraudsters in the past relied on cold calls, the Internet now offers a cheaper and easier way of reaching large numbers of potential investors.[1]
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There are many ways to “manipulate” the market for one’s own gain, legally or illegally.
According to various “definitions” of what a “pump and dump” scheme is all about - it involves artificially inflating the price of an owned stock through false and misleading positive statements.
Scheme that does not involve artificially inflating the price of an owned stock through false and misleading positive statements is therefore not a "pump and dump" scheme but other scheme...................................
That’s exactly my point.
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