Replies to post #40139 on NanoViricides Inc. (NNVC)

[NNVClover]

Profits. My clients and I are interested in maximizing our assets. Shorting companies where the stocks are highly likely to decline is a great way to do so. We can fix the world after.

Capitalism functions only when asset prices are appropriately priced. Shorts do a great service by keeping those who are looking to eat free lunches with no risk poor. This is a company who cries wolf. Since Diwan's business school days he has been promising results and failed to deliver. Seymour has promised an IND for a long time and failed to deliver. At some point investors will just give up. HIV treatment has advanced to the point where no one is interested anymore. Check out IDIX who had to firesale their HIV assets. Or Avexa in Australia who had a perfectly great HIV drug and failed to sell it, even for a million dollars. Wasting time in a competitive business like pharmaceuticals is not a good thing. HIV is GONE. There is no more business to take. The drugs go generic soon and it's over. Not like these nanoviricides work, anyway. That's a whole other risk.

[1iftrue]

Wow, what a insightful comment. Yes what should be humanity's goals for living, make money (more then you can spend), bring to humanity a cure for the common cold, or dengue (Dr. Harris)? Food for poor, share your knowleddge with those who don't have that knowledge, thru better educational systems, now thats a good one.

[Nanotoday]

The market is not a place for altruistic behavior. Never has been, never will be, not what it was designed to do. It would be nice if it were. But the reality is, the market is a place for commerce, for risk/reward transactions.

While people may want to help certain companies that they believe are doing "good for humanity", and not invest in others that they see as "harmful to humanity", unless they are donating funds, they are investing with hopes of a return. The saying "doing well while doing good" is often used. But note, that has both sides of the equation, helping others, but helping yourself as well.

I don't think it is accurate to say one person's motives are "better" than another's. I do believe Dr. Harris sincerely wants to help people, but there is most likely a level of personal satisfaction she gets from doing so. It is that level of personal satisfaction that is the motivator, the sense of accomplishment...whether it's finding a new treatment, or making $1 Million for your clients. They both give the individual a sense of achievement and personal satisfaction. One may seem more selfish and another more altruistic, but ultimately it is being done for personal fulfillment.

BTW, I also think it is somewhat self important to believe that this board will have any significant impact on this SP. If the stuff works and they can prove it to those who need to know (FDA, Big Pharma, Media, Medical Community, Institutional Investors...?) then it will take off. If they can't, it won't. The day to day discussions here will have zero impact on this process. I think we can all agree on that.


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[malibuman]

Molecular & Cell Biology for Dummies
By René Fester Kratz

Without a cellular victim, viruses can't do anything. Because they can't live and reproduce on their own, many scientists don't consider viruses to be truly alive. Some viruses have the ability to become dormant inside of a host cell.

Kind of reminds me of those who short stocks! ;o)
Good things come to those who wait.

http://books.google.com/books?id=cypYpNnWjXMC&pg=PA37&dq=viruses+don%27t+do+anything&hl=en&ei=i0e7TOCMBYm4sQOSyrWKDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=viruses%20don%27t%20do%20anything&f=false