[Threeve303]

Investors have been known to want increased volatility because playing it right increases profit. If you can target that volatility to specific industries or companies, all the better.

If a foreign adversary was using bots or social media manipulation to drive up this behavior, perhaps they could target the right companies in the market to reveal structural weakness. Similar to how the 2016 election interference happened. Though that is getting much more on the conspiratorial side.