pump and dump Definition

pump and dump

Definition

An investment scheme, sometimes illegal, in which false recommendations are made concerning a stock's future performance in order to drive share prices up. Investors making the false recommendations intend to sell their shares when the share price reaches a higher level.

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pump and dump is ...
... part of the Stocks and Strategies subjects.