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N_B

04/21/11 4:54 PM

#30983 RE: Portguyofva #30982

Management is doing this RS to artificially inflate the price. They said so themselves. They claim they are missing out on deals because the stock is not higher. Oh ... and also to get on the Nasdaq in a few centuries from now (which is what that time is like in trading terms). So their answer is to artificially make it higher. An RS is cosmetics to them. But the outcome is not cosmetic. The outcome ends up in a lower price.

Hence, RS does not work. Unless of course you want the stock lower. Then it works like a charm.
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berstein

04/21/11 9:47 PM

#30991 RE: Portguyofva #30982

Senor Port,

"But, those are the kind of people we want to see selling post-split, because they create buy opportunities for investors that see past the emotional baggage"

You see, this is where you and US differ in opinion. You can agree to disagree to the yin yang of things. Yes, it is all about demand and supply except that after post R/S, we are still sitting on pink at say $7.90. Where would the demand side come from for a thinly traded stock at $8 at that juncture? There will be absolutely NO DEMAND for this at all and it is a far gone conclusion. The only trade we will see is the MMs are walking this down by shorting it. Yes, the management acknowledged that themselves and they even pronounced in the CC that they will prop it back up to $4. How long can they pump cash doing this filling the hole IF they will do what the said? Not long if the uplisting takes 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 2 years, who knows how long after the R/S. The reality is that the MMs would love to see something like this but' naked.

Another reality of the demand side is like selling your house. You claim the rest of the track homes are selling at $100K and you stick a sign out there say, $10K and take my same track home. You will be swamped and that is only a factor 10. Imagine you are taking about a factor of 100 going from $ 7.90 to 7.9 cents? Every Joe Blow can entertain a 7 cents good stock with room to grow. But the $ 7.90 price tag for a pink with no audit history? C'mon, give yourself a break.