exel you said "Having said this, I find it hard to believe that true long investors do not recognize the potential in front of us, which leads me to question understanding, among other things."
I am a true long term investor i've been adding for 9 years (+/- one year) you lose count when its that long. But i have learned not to count my money until its in the bank. i learned that from life / experience. about a year or two ago i lost some money on phase 3 data of company (blanking on name) who were working on gene therapy for heart failure, phase 2 results were promising and phase 3 wiped out my position i sold at a 99% loss. so yes even if potential is great its not over until its over (thats how i think now) so if ADXS goes up by 400 % i won't be surprised because thats what i want and expect if results continue, but if we go to zero due to whatever reason from better competitive alternatives that arise that we don't know about or due to our own intrinsic failure (although data continues to be good and strong) etc if we go to zero i'm not going to be surprised. i'm just trying to be realistic. trust me i want to retire early :) i pray daily that we finally get a breakthrough in our SP. ADXS is my ONLY holding in my TDameritrade account. i have sold everything else to keep on adding ADXS over past few years. now i have nothing else to sell. i just hope we are nearing the end of the tunnel.
as far as " true long investors do not recognize the potential in front of us, which leads me to question understanding" i realize the potential, and as a physician (i'm not an oncologist) i think i have some knowledge about cancers and treatment... that's why i'm here
