It's called speculation, and it makes the world go 'round.

Someone is always in on the ground floor, and those are the people powering these market movements now.

I don't really have the stomach for that kind of trading, but it can be very lucrative if you know wtf you're doing.
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She was standin' alone over by the juke box, like she'd something to sell.
I said "baby, what's the goin' price?" She told me to go to hell.

Bon Scott - Shot Down in Flames