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Stock Jobbing

The act or practice of buying stocks only to resell them at a profit very quickly. Stock jobbing is a short-term investment strategy that operates on the assumption or existence of liquid markets. Stock jobbing, when done over and over by a large number of investors, can lead to a speculative bubble. See also: Flipping.
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