I'm encouraged by you saying that, and I find myself agreeing with that more this morning than throughout much of the earlier part of this week. It's been a trying week - not because of fluff press or red ink but because of information obtained that was initially very disconcerting.
However since yesterday things have started to come together in a more coherent fashion (for me) that, although it still suggests to me that things are not well managed at the present time, has provided hope that in time things will improve. That's the whole point, I suppose - that at the present time there's simply been no mechanism that should have caused that to happen just yet... not until there is some real news that takes us to the next level.
So we're back to December prices... big deal. For those who bought in once the price was on the rise and have subsequently lost, the negative sentiments are completely understandable but at the same time - caveat emptor (just sayin'). But for those of us who were around long before that, we're just back, as I said, to December prices - which is not surprising given the fact that nothing has really happened. Fluff press, great hopes, and speculation drove the price higher; and now - the realization that nothing concrete has really happened has led to doubt, diminished hopes, and a pps that has correspondingly fallen back to where it was when it began its ascent roughly three months ago.
So just where is the great surprise in all of this? It's not the fault of the company or its stock that the price (which, let's face it, is what most people here are the most concerned about) has risen and subsequently fallen again; people's reactions have determined these things. What I DO fault the company for is the steady stream of fluff press that has been next to meaningless (there are a few other things as well but this is one of the biggest). Saying nothing over these last couple of months would have been better in some regards than saying things that are recognizably weak and which have fostered much negative sentiment toward the company.
So patience. Yes... patience. Easier said than done, I'm afraid - especially when they've put things out there that have affected people's hopes and expectations as much as they have. I still think you're right about this... it's just difficult.
