The definition of "woolgathering" has crossed the definition of the financial industry, penetrating into other areas, such as the drip taxi and carpooling software to send vouchers, Meituan takeout, hungry meal reduction activities, Baidu wallet, free phone bill charging traffic and other activities, can be called woolgathering.
In the stock market, the average retail investor is usually described as a "leek", because the retail investor is at a disadvantage in the stock market, the retail investor holds the money is likely to be due to the big seller of stocks and like cutting leeks were harvested away. And part of the speculation because of the loss of money and left the market, but at the same time there will be new speculation in the stock market. Just like leeks, cut a crop and soon grow a crop. This is the meaning of "cutting leeks".
What is the difference between mattressing sheep's wool and cutting leeks? As you can see from the definition, wool is some people to drill the loopholes of banks or merchants, the use of coupons and other information to earn rewards, the initiative is stronger. The so-called cut leeks, refers to follow the smart people to commit to a field, keep investing, the delusion of wealth, but when they invested all their own body, the market to their own funds are trapped, can not get back the capital, loss of blood, regardless of the P2P financial management or speculation, there is the phenomenon of cutting leeks.