After extensive research, retired portfolio manager Justin Blake, CFA, purchased 20000 shares of a small public company. He then posted messages on several Internet bulletin boards. The message read, "This stock is going up once the pending patents are released. The stock is a buy at anything below $3. I just bought 20000 shares for my personal account. I have done some close research on this company." According to the Standards of Practice Handbook, Blake most likely violated the Standard or Standards associated with:（）
A. Conflicts of Interest and Integrity of Capital Markets.
B. Integrity of Capital Markets, but not Conflicts of Interest.
C. neither Conflicts of Interest nor Integrity of Capital Markets.