Yes they could gumshoe.
I would guess that based on the passive fund managers' experience with TIV on the last go-around in 2005/2006 , they would like it very much if TIV did just that.
Last time , shares they bought in the $14's in 2005 had to be sold in the $8's in 2006.
From those last two charts I put up it seems that Russell inclusion/exclusion has been something of a long-term non-event for TIV shareholders , although surrounding excitement (and in some cases outright pumping , e.g. , the_eyeman) , has certainly provided for some shorter term trading opportunities.
As you say , if a one-two punch could be concocted with TIV following up on a potential Russell inclusion with , as geoscience says , some verifiably reported production numbers .... if we do make it into the Russell this year things could end on a better note than the rather sour one where only an impatient short benefited by purchasing shares sold by some of the exiting funds in an arranged trade on 6/30/06.
A quick check shows that in the ensuing two years we've only had ~90 days when TIV's share price closed higher or equal to that $8.25 close on 6/30/06.
JMO
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