Poop And Scoop

A highly illegal practice occurring mainly on the Internet. A small group of informed people attempt to push down a stock by spreading false information and rumors. If they are successful, they can purchase the stock at bargain prices.

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Poop and scoop is the opposite of pump and dump.

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Illegal scheme whereby unfavorable information about a stock is circulated, usually on the Internet, to drive down its price so it can be bought cheaply and later converted into a profit. In earlier years, Bear Raids did essentially the same thing using Selling Short instead of, or along with, negative publicity to drive down prices. The opposite of poop and scoop is pump and dump, a practice that had its pre-Internet counterparts in the Boiler Room and Bucket Shop.