"Pump and Dump" is a technique used by individuals, such as the teenage wheeler-dealer, where:
A. the investor pumps up his financial worth, steals the money to invest, and quickly dumps the stock.
B. the salesman pumps up the stock and then dumps his investment into the stocks.
C. a corporate insider pumps up the value of company stock and then dumps bad loans into the business before the business is sold.
D. the salesman pumps up his qualifications and secretly dumps the investors' stock.
Answer: B
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