Joanie,
Don't you have to actually dig something out of the ground
and mill it to have any value?
Gold could be a 1 million dollars an ounce. If management does nothing more than dilute shares, it doesn't matter what its worth.
I haven't read Bob's response to the vote question either.
Although I think I can guess.
The ebb and flow of the Atlantic tides, the drift of the continents, the very position of the sun along its ecliptic. THESE are just a FEW of the things I control in my world!