You are correct in your "Painting" assumption.
Not sure what "point" you are trying to make regarding NVMG, since I made $ on that one, as well as PGPM, and a couple of other oil and gas Junior plays that escape recollection at the moment.
Using share performance as any kind of yardstick to measure or correlate to intelligence would suggest there are quite a few intellectually challenged folks out there world wide.
How fortunate, that you were so "smart" to avoid the pitfalls of the rest of the world couldn't get out of the way of.
On second thought, I doubt you have fared much better than anybody else, so preaching the gospel of guff doesn't really wash around here or anywhere else.
OK that's all for today. All appropriate are back on ignore. Do feel free to fill in the appropriate blanks.