Description: A new report from TrimTabs, the investment analysts, has blown the whistle on what really went on behind the stock-market “boom” we saw in the first quarter, when the S&P 500 Index rose more than 5%.

Source: Marketwatch.com

Date: 06/29/2011

Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-real-story-behind-the-market-boom-2011-06-29?siteid=nwtwk

Questions for discussion:

• What are the implications for this strategy to boost share-prices?
• Is there anything unethical about the maneuver?
• Should investor be wary of the stocks or bonds of these firms?