What the WhipSaw Saw

WhoopsieDaisie Whipsaw

whether you're a man or a clown
your shares go up; they go down
the stalking horse keeps his mouth shut
of course, but
the willimantic whipping boy whimpers of his loss
to the sawhorse, who is cross:
was what the whipsaw saw
 against a lumbering law?

(h/t to words-of-the-day, stalking horse & whipsaw;
The Meaning of Liff)