I don't think anyone who has been following DNDN closely the past couple of years would deny that there has been blatant stock manipulation going on by large institutional hedge funds & shorts (long before it recently made the Reg SHO list), but aside from a few of the most knowledgeable and reasoned posters, i have to agree with the observation that the IV board has been overrun with "retail" emotion, probably due to the very manipulation perpetrated by the shorts & hedge funds and their flunky analyst co-conspirators over the past couple of years.
such susceptibilty for small, vulnerable investors to want to exact revenge after enduring such a long period of manipulation and abuse is perhaps somewhat understandable and may satisfy a person's lower nature & desires, but imo, it does not represent a healthy platform from which to make investment or for that matter, even trading decisions (imo, such overly emotional thinking feeds right into the shorts/hedges strategy, whether intentional or otherwise). I think such emotion is better saved for and served on the SEC and yes, even the company as to what they are going to do about this problem that directly impacts small, vulnerable shareholders. (and yes, i have written the SEC and an independent director of Dendreon asking what they are going to do about the naked shorting of DNDN shares).
as a layperson, I am hopeful of a positive panel recommendation tomorrow, in large part due to the encouraging feedback to the briefing docs, from people like yourself, clark, io, ocyan & wall, etc., who have been thru this process before and who have been very grounded in their views and outlook for Provenge & the AC panel.
i am also hopeful of a multi-bagger with DNDN, but understand it may take months if not years to realize that potential, particularly with an apparent powerful adversary in the form of short/hedge funds - if the stock gets carried away and the multi-bagger happens much sooner than that, all the better, but i am prepared & expect to wait it out to realize that goal - i certainly don't want to contribute to creating expectations that are overly optimistic or unrealistic based on an appeal to emotion, and try to keep a healthy respect for market forces, particularly when some of them are corrupt to the core while seemingly operating freely with impunity.
to underestimate or disregard an enemy as powerful as they have been allowed to demonstrate, with the complicity of the brokerages, exchanges and regulatory authorities would be extremely foolish, imo.
best of luck to real(istic) DNDN longs and may PC patients triumph over process tomorrow.
AI
