Hey Pic,

Welcome to the dark side! Seriously, we all realize that a serious discussion is in no way "bashing". The problem with SFMI is the same it has always been- a lack of transparency, a lack of credibility when they do release "information", huge delays in accomplishing anything (sometimes years) and poor management actions and decisions. Any one of those things would have driven large numbers of potential investors away and contributed to a lower share price, together they are the reason we are where we are at today. No one (except a true basher) would deny the resources in SFMI. And it's a pretty good bet (one we have all made) that SFMI will manage to make something of them, hopefully by a near term buyout. But many who have followed this stock for a while now realize that you needn't have bought and held, that all these "imminent" accomplishments are anything but, and that the stock will be incredibly volatile until they get the substantive news that will permanently raise the sp, hopefully to levels that will make us all wealthy. But in the meantime, you will see large quantities of stock bought and sold at every level by those who are playing the volatility and think that they can get in for the long term or final ride, probably at a not much higher sp, when the news we have been waiting for finally does arrive.

spiny