SIE: “pump And Dumps”

Taken from our Securities Industry Essentials Exam

Definition of the term “pump And Dumps”...

a form of communications fraud that involves individuals “pumping” up the price of a security through false advertising to generate investment, then “dumping” their own shares at an inflated value before the rest of the investors sell.

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