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The short version is called short and distort. I'd like to see stats on which is more common.
by codewell 8y ago
The short version is called short and distort. I'd like to see stats on which is more common.
- romed 8y agoI was an investment professional from 2001 to 2009 and I never heard anyone say "short and distort". https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%22pump+and+dump%22%2C%22short+and+distort%22&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2C%22%20pump%20and%20dump%20%22%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%22pump+and+du... "Ngram not found: short and distort"
- codewell 8y agoPerhaps it's a newer term. Now "short and distort" is around, for instance prominently as section 3 in the wikipedia article on "pump and dump" [0], and investopedia [1] also describe it. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_and_dump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_and_dump [1] https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/shortanddistort.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/shortanddistort.asp