(1) You may prefer to buy at 5 year highs. I prefer to buy at 5 year lows. My timing of buys has lead to 100-2000% gains in TRDY at least 7 times so far. Buy low -- sell high.
(2) If you want no risk....consider government bonds. I want high risk because of the high reward associated with it.
(3) A buyout is always a possibility. We have no idea how many possible takers there were at all sorts of various offers. It's ridiculous to pretend you have a clue otherwise when you don't.