Aphria Inc. APHA

RE:NOTHING MORE THAN A SHORT AND DISTORT

[goldman777]

quietobserver wrote:

 Short-and-Distort Traders Manipulate With Smears

S&D traders, on the other hand, manipulate stock prices in a bear marketby taking short positions and then using a smear campaign to drive down the price of the targeted stock. This is the inverse of the pump-and-dump tactic, whereby an investor buy stocks (take a long position) and issues false information that causes the target stock's price to increase.
Short-and-distort players clutter message boards, so optimistic information cannot easily be found. "Get out before it all comes crashing down" and "Investors who wish to enter a class action lawsuit can contact …" are typical posts, as are their projections of $0 stock prices and 100% losses. If their strategy is suspected by longs, they attack the person who has caught them. In other words, the market manipulator will do everything in his or her power to keep buyers out of the stock and keep the price heading south.

The Net Effect of Short and Distort

When a short-and-distort maneuver succeeds, investors who initially bought stock at higher prices sell at low prices because of their mistaken belief that the stock is worthless, caused by an effective distortion campaign. At the same time, the S&Ds cover at low prices and lock in their gains.
During downturns, the first appearance of impropriety could easily cause investors to run for the hills. As a result, many innocent, legitimate and growing companies are at risk of getting burned, and some investors along with them.

Excellent post quietobserver - two side to every coin - I wanna believe and still hold my 10K shares but might get shaken out tomorrow on my stop loss order if no news from management.