Would you say that Cliffs's disappearence is contributing to our current sp rise? I think almost insignificant.
As for left over negative history, well some folks must be realizing that history is just that, media being little relevant to them. They realize that things have improved image wise and are lining up to buy up.
What keeps us from rising further and faster is influence of those nagative views which cause some to think the present rise is temporary and they are selling shares with the hope of replacing at lower cost later. Or maybe they are selling lower priced shares that they bought a while back. What ever the reason, selling is caused by lack of faith and is damping our rise.
I am with the hope of not selling my 25 cents shares at previous sell price but now much higher and not all, just enough to get my initial money back and remainder will be as free.