"if I perseverate "FASC is going to run to a buck per share", will I be a pumper?" You will certainly be a perseverator: "Perseveration of thought indicates an inability to switch ideas or responses." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseveration The belief that FASC is ever going to run to a buck is the triumph of hope over (fifteen years' worth of) experience, I'm afraid.