Vericel Corp. (VCEL)

[commoncentsinvestor]

Well, the good news is that if the shorts keep shorting and the company keeps selling ATM shares and we keep going down .05 per day, we still have a whole 57 trading days before we are all totally broke.

Seriously though, anyone who plays in todays market must accept the fact that it has become a place where sometimes up is not really up and down is not really down. The sharks (hedgefundies, Market Makers, brokerages, etc. will use every trick in their bag. And companies in the long run can be more interested in the welfare of management then in that of their shareholders. All these parties will take it to the edge of illegality and if they cross over the line a bit there is really no one except another Fox guarding the hen house. That is just the way it is.

Someone earlier suggested that the big increase in short interest was probably shorting going on between the FDA announcement and the announcement of the secondary. Actually, that is against the law. It's called rule 105. http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=92e757e9-1501-41c2-a4c5-5df8203ed4fb

And of course the sharks would never think about doing something against the rules. Right?

However, all is not lost. Sometimes it just takes LONGER. I still believe that despite the artificial machinations that go on in todays market, every equity EVENTUALLY arrives at a fair market value.

So when a company like Vericel that has 3 FDA approved products, another on the way, $30M in cash, very little debt, is just going to market with what should be a huge revenue producer, and the whole company is valued at under $85M, then down is not really down. It is only a temporary aberration that will correct itself after the sharks have had their fill and the share price will be more in balance with a fair market value which I believe right now should be at least $6.

So for those who can take advantage of this low value and wait for the pay off, the rewards can be very great in spite of the frustration with what is going on right now.