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Re:Twitter shares drop as Salesforce reported to be out of t... by mholmes680 on Friday October 14, 2016 @02:03PM (#12709935)
its illegal if you short said stock prior to starting the rumors, and then profitting from the outcome. "pump and dump".
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Re:Twitter shares drop as Salesforce reported to be out of t... by justinrstout on Friday October 14, 2016 @02:09PM (#12709984)
Technically, a "pump and dump" is the opposite of what's being described here. This would be a "poop and scoop".

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/poopandscoop.asp

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Re:Twitter shares drop as Salesforce reported to be out of t... by mholmes680 on Friday October 14, 2016 @02:11PM (#12710005)
thats awesome. I didn't know there was a name.
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