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Understanding Stock Bashers

In most cases, the stock basher will directly benefit from market manipulation by spreading highly negative rumors. The hope is that investors will believe the false claims and sell their stock before it fails.

The highest analyst price target is C$60.66 ,the lowest forecast is C$43.13. The average price target represents 14.70% Increase from the current price of C$43.87. Open Text Corp.'s analyst rating consensus is a Hold. This is based on the ratings of 6 Wall Streets Analysts.

Manipulation is illegal in most cases, but it is often difficult for regulators and other authorities to detect and prove. Market manipulation might involve factually false statements, but it always seeks to influence prices to mislead other market participants.

While stockbrokers yell how many contracts are for sale and at what price, they also need to use hand gestures in order to get through to one another despite all the screaming. The open outcry method is effective in that it makes possible a structured process that ensures bids and offers are efficiently matched.

Open Text shares fall as revenue comes up short

Open Text Corp. shares dropped in the extended session Wednesday after the Canadian enterprise software company's revenue fell short of Wall Street estimates.

Top Competitors and Alternatives of OpenText

The top three of OpenText's competitors in the Data Management And Storage category are Tableau Software with 19.79%, Segment with 12.12%, Algolia with 10.95% market share.

If a promoter's campaign to "pump" a stock is successful, it will entice unwitting investors to purchase shares of the target company. The increased demand, price, and trading volume of the stock may convince more people to believe the hype, and to buy shares as well.

By the time the event happens, most people who want to own the stock or currency already do. This means that when the event occurs, there is no one left to buy and keep pushing the price up. This leads people to sell, trying to cash in their profit.

The opening bell is an important symbol of the success of the stock market under capitalism, and the privilege of ringing it is often reserved for celebrities or VIPs. Traders often applaud when the market opens, particularly if the person ringing the bell is someone famous or highly accomplished.

Downward revisions or developments that decrease future value expectations can be a fundamental reason why a stock might fall alongside good news.