Hello once again, hanscott.
Thank you for taking the time to respond. You are an intelligent person-I can tell by your writing. Which makes it all the more interesting to me why you refuse to acknowledge the potential manipulation scenario.
Here is a question for you. Do you think it is normal for a stock to drop 50% on good pancreatic trial data being released? I would argue that manipulation is a more plausible explanation than a normal market reaction.
Another question. Why does the concept that this stock has been manipulated bother you so much? Do you feel threatened? Does it upset the rosy picture you have of an orderly market where everything is determined by simple supply and demand? Perhaps I am a bit more cynical. Where there is money to be made, there will be people trying to exploit any angle they can find.
Why does it bother you what I believe? You have a strong urge to try to correct me. I have already stated multiple times that I am guessing. On the contrary, your opinion seems absolute. No guessing for you. Have you taken a step back and considered that you may be wrong? I would venture to say that if you polled the people on this message board, 75% would agree that shorts had a large part in the price being what is is today. That does not make us right. But if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...
It is only a prejudice if it is not happening.
The good news is that, in the end, it does not really matter which of us is right and which of us is wrong. Same team with differing opinions. Marker wins we both win...
