kooter and Jackthebear, I really don't see much manipulation at all, maybe tiny bits, but that is not what is keeping the stock in this tight range. Substantial apathy is the issue, and short of some unbelievable NR that HAS to move the stock up, I just don't know what it will take to start a northward drive again. There is simply not the interest in buying shares of POET at the moment, and for many moments looking backward in time.

Notwithstanding all that has been accomplished by POET, there remains a level of risk which I think most of us underestimate. I think a big part of that risk is the question of efficient, cost-effective mass production (something FJ wrote a nice post about a day or two ago), after that, I think the risk is, as always, the marketplace and competition, but I certainly think based on the comments of those many tech savvy individuals around here, that if we can efficiently mass-produce, the latter risk will only affect the "just how high can it go" in terms of the value of the company.

I've seen too much over the last 40 years of investing to think that the relatively low market cap is to be shrugged off (I'm as sure of that as many of the techies are that the tech is out of this world). That said, I've accepted whatever risk the low market cap implies, because of the potential upside.

I think all of us, even the most bullish, would love some outside validation of our investment in the form of a rising share price.