He says investors should not try for a quick killing in these stocks.

"For property developers like you, hoping for a quick killing?"

But as with any quick killing, problems may lie ahead.

Trying to make a quick killing in individual stocks is usually about as successful as playing a slot machine.

But counterfeiters were aware of the gap, and apparently saw a huge chance to make a quick killing.

Say a big industrial company, or a huge bank, suddenly finds itself strapped for some reason and needs a quick killing to avoid bankruptcy.

Some investors who got in looking for a quick killing probably have taken their losses and fled.

The result is a market more and more driven by the prospect of a quick killing.

He'd thought a quick killing would be the result he preferred.

Almost everyone plays for a quick killing - or aims to escape a slaughter.