If you have nada, drive the SP up to "fleece the Lambs!" (sell into their excitement!) A la Bre-x! And a million others.
If you know you got it, drive the SP down to "fleece the Lambs!" (Buy into their panic!") A la SAN! And many many more.
The "fleeding" has evolved over a couple of hundred years of market fraud, with only a scattered "Perp" ever facing any"Hard time!" Bernie, an example of how "difficult" it is to expose these "wolves in sheep's clothing!"
The rewards are so immence, the "Kickbacks" so miniscule, that you have to believe that everbody with access, from the janitor to the CEO to anyone associated with regulation is "pieced" $$$ in!
Without predjudice.
RUF