RE:RE:Hedge fund tactics. Definitely! I didn't mean to imply it was an actual hedge fund but meant to explain that when people like this start bashing an industry or stock they want the price low so they can buy it up.
hedgefunds or other investment firms or groups of people will hire people to go around bashing or pumping stocks to get the price moving in the direction they want.
jim Cramer from mad money has a video on YouTube that explains these tactics. Although he regrets it being out there.
either way, the bashing makes me more bullish cause it's telling me someone wants into these oils stocks at cheap prices. Maybe they are big players, maybe they're basement dwellers. Who knows.