I don't agree with the bears calling this as a scam because nobody knows if this is a scam other than Dean(at this point). If Dean was a little more transparent the scam thing would disappear but that hasn't happened yet so until we see results the bears will remain. As far as duff & phelps goes......I bet if I owned a pk company and released the exacted same PR that Dean did......it would be listed in in the PDF BY duff & phelps.
IMO if the 350m is real Dean will play this until the buyback is completed. I don't see QASP releasing any news about the 350mil loan or acquisitions and the longer he lets it go the lower the PPS. Dean says he wants to complete the six acquisitions because it will save money......if that's true then why would he want to release any major news until the buyback is completed. If the PPS declines it gives him the opportunity to buy the shares he wants and not waste money. To me this makes sense but at the same time Dean is not very transparent and raises a few red flags here and there but one thing is for certain.....time will tell the story. It's a 50/50 bet and I'm leaning more towards this being real. Maybe 70/30 for me.