单选题 After extensive research, retired portfolio manager, Ryan Wang, CFA, purchased 20000 shares of a small public company. He then posted messages on several Internet bulletin boards. The messages read, "This stock is going up once the pending patents are released. You would be crazy to sell anything below $5 in a few months from now. The stock is a buy at anything below $5. I just bought 50 K shares for my personal account. I have done some close research on these guys. " According to the Standards of Practice Handbook, Ryan most likely violated the Standard or Standards associated with: A. Conflicts of Interest and Integrity of Capital Markets. B. Conflicts of Interest, but not Integrity of Capital Markets. C. Integrity of Capital Markets, but not Conflicts of Interest.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】Ryan violated the Standard relating to Integrity of Capital Markets by engaging in a practice that is likely to artificially inflate trading volume. Ryan did not violate the Standard regarding Conflicts of Interest because he clearly disclosed his ownership of shares in his message.