"However, I'm sure the BEOT will say "We were expecting 12% increase, so we will short the hell out of it".
No, I don't think so - The BEOT will simply short it and buy it back at the lower price caused by being able to sell something they did not have buy and so create buying pressure with the consequent higher prices - that is the simplicity of Australia having no effective policing of stock price manipulation!!
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