/biz/ - Business & Finance

There could be a variety of motives for someone to consistently post negative messages for two years about a company and its stock price, some of which include:

*Short selling: The person may be short selling the stock, which means they borrow shares from someone else, sell them in the open market and then buy them back at a lower price to return to the lender. If the stock price drops, the short seller can buy the shares back at a lower price and make a profit. They might be trying to drive the price down in order to profit from their position.

*Competitive business: The person may be associated with a competing business and is trying to harm the reputation of the company in question in order to benefit their own business. They might be spreading false or misleading information in order to discourage people from investing in the company and instead invest in their own business or related entities.

*Financial gain: The person may be paid by someone to post negative messages about the company, in an attempt to manipulate the stock price. This could be an attempt to cause the stock price to drop so that the person or entity paying them can buy shares at a lower price or to profit from short selling.