I disagree Jim. A competitor buying a loss making business is a...

I disagree Jim. A competitor buying a loss making business is a legitimate business decision. Nothing to do with manipulating a share price inferred by your comments.

I'm not clear what you mean by fundamentals and safety used together in the same sentence. Fundamentally a company can appear sound with a history of profits but the SP still struggles, why? Because analysts and investigators, paid millions by paymasters, have discovered something on the horizon. You cannot call anything in the market safe - if it was literally 'safe' returns would be limited to the company's obvious YOY growth. It is because markets are unsafe that there are rewards to be had.

The market is forward thinking, if a price is moving rapidly up or down generally there is good reason. That reason might not be apparent and the SP might jump around but watch for a sustained movement. It need not be tied to fundamentals.