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12/01/10 12:43 PM

#7292 RE: Headley Lamar #7291

Agreed. Until they announce the divi or a big acquisition, I feel the stock will stay in this area left to go whichever way the wind blows despite such strong fundamentals. It is very frustrating.

I haven't posted in while but have been watching the board every day. I sold out of nearly everything when I figured this out in the $17-18s.

I took most of the profits and bought into FTK when it was at the mid-$2s. Great play wholly unrelated to China small-caps. I am going to trade in and out of it until CCME gets back on track.

gunnar

12/01/10 12:50 PM

#7293 RE: Headley Lamar #7291

That may be true for you, and possibly true for many investors, but it doesn't make any sense to me. The stock repurchase was always on contingency, and it was intended to support the pps, not due to an oversized float, etc. On the contrary, the float is relatively small.

So when the pps went from $7-22 shortly after the program was set up, the last thing I would want the management to do is chase the bid UP. The stock nearly tripled, why would they buy shares?

I understand that there is a 'guilty until proven innocent' dynamic at play here, so perhaps the management should be more sensitive to anything that can be perceived as a credibility issue. But should they have bought back shares as the stock tripled, just to avoid this condemnation? I'm not sure I would view that as a good move, personally.

People forget that the management team is running the company day-to-day, not staring at the stock price. They are utterly confident in their business - they are counting the real cash flow, expanding the real business, etc. - so maybe they don't care so much about short term perceptions but are making day-to-day decisions that are in the best interests of the business. That would favor long term shareholders, I believe they have stated that is their interest.