Mr. Buynhold made money here and AIM would have had a hard time keeping up with so few serious buying opportunities. Certainly that drop from over $30 to under $15 in 1999 - 2000 would have tested Mr. Buynhold's resolve. AIM would have used previously accumulated capital gains to make some really great purchases.
Considering the $/Share is only about where it was before that decline, Mr. Buynhold wouldn't have collected nearly the "rent" that AIM would have on the same investment.