Re:<"It DOES bother me just how much the shareholders are at the mercy of the whims of CC's greed.">
You're hitting things right on the nose but you're upsetting those who want to promote Magnum to pump the share price. That's why you're getting so much backlash.
If one person owns more than 50% of the company, such as Mr. Curtis has in Magnum, it's what's known as a "controlled company." Typically a controlled company warrants a much lower valuation since the other shareholders' stake is at the whim of one person. You're absolutely right to be concerned. Statistically those companies do much worse and often it's because the company was set up to screw over investors from the onset.
I'm watching another company, Cambridge Capital, with a solid book value of around $20 per share but the stock is trading at $1.75. The reason is because everyone knows that the CEO, who is also the majority shareholder, is going to drain the coffers dry for his own benefit.