1. Tank your stock
2. Buy it up cheap
3. Stock rebounds - time heals all wounds
4. Resell stock at greatly increased price
5. Repeat
It's the "Jesus" method of building a loyal customer base - you pander to the"undesirables", "outcasts", and "misfits" of society. Many small groups become a large, fanatical mass.
The poor, lepers, criminals, harlots, winebibbers (drunks), mentally ill, physically handicapped, even the children, especially the children.