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Post by mango on Mar 11, 2020 19:51:56 GMT -5
I'm not sure how you interpreted my post as being concerned about you. You're just rather annoying and a troll to be honest. Just my take on it though  At face value you seemed to be offering advice based on perception of me being concerned. Though I do realize lots of people here use that line as a form of attack when they are upset with another's opinion but can't really dispute it. You can block me if I'm too annoying for you.Done. |
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Post by prcgorman2 on Mar 11, 2020 19:56:15 GMT -5
Iâm not convinced ktim is a troll. He(?) may just be a smart investor who wishes to always be objective while intuitively knowing that is never entirely possible. Kind of like Nate, and sportsrancho. Sports is a conundrum for me. I canât help liking and respecting her, but it annoys the daylights out of me that sheâs posting as a VDEX employee. Very conflicted situation there. Anwyay, mango, thanks for the reminder. Nobody can argue that you arenât presenting the reasonable reasons for optimisim. Other than the comment about 20%+ rise in share price from the last CC, I have nothing negative to say about Mannkind management direction. I totally giet being hamstrung by budget but sitting on the goose who laid the golden egg. Afrezza, God bless Al Mann, is nothing less than a major innovation. TCOYD. Think about that. Take Control Of Your Diabetes. What the heck gives you better control of blood glucose excurstions (spikes) than Afrezza? Human insulin intra-venously? SERIOUSLY? THINK ABOUT IT PEOPLE!!!! MC famously said,. âSpeed trumps accuracyâ. Remember, this guy has a doctorate in pharma. And, he earned that while earning his chops as CEO of Mannkind too. Letâs see which of the bashers could accomplish this. Holy molies. That ainât chopped liver folks. Good luck matching this manâs energy and intlelligence. Donât like him? Whatever. Nobodyâs entirely likeable; not even me. :-). My kids seem fooled, but theyâre definitely biased. :-)
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Post by ktim on Mar 11, 2020 20:03:37 GMT -5
Iâm not convinced ktim is a troll. He(?) may just be a smart investor who wishes to always be objective while intuitively knowing that is never entirely possible. Kind of like Nate, and sportsrancho. Sports is a conundrum for me. I canât help liking and respecting her, but it annoys the daylights out of me that sheâs posting as a VDEX employee. Very conflicted situation there. Anwyay, mango, thanks for the reminder. Nobody can argue that you arenât presenting the reasonable reasons for optimisim. Other than the comment about 20%+ rise in share price from the last CC, I have nothing negative to say about Mannkind management direction. I totally giet being hamstrung by budget but sitting on the goose who laid the golden egg. Afrezza, God bless Al Mann, is nothing less than a major innovation. TCOYD. Think about that. Take Control Of Your Diabetes. What the heck gives you better control of blood glucose excurstions (spikes) than Afrezza? Human insulin intra-venously? SERIOUSLY? THINK ABOUT IT PEOPLE!!!! MC famously said,. âSpeed trumps accuracyâ. Remember, this guy has a doctorate in pharma. And, he earned that while earning his chops as CEO of Mannkind too. Letâs see which of the bashers could accomplish this. Holy molies. That ainât chopped liver folks. Good luck matching this manâs energy and intlelligence. Donât like him? Whatever. Nobodyâs entirely likeable; not even me. :-). My kids seem fooled, but theyâre definitely biased. :-) Thanks... but I lost way too much in MNKD over the years to claim to be a smart investor. But coming from engineering background I like to crunch numbers and do analysis. I've spent most of my career in startup management teams... and dealt with adversities and financial crisis. I'm quite fascinated by and mentally invested in the MNKD story. If they were to offer me a job, I think it could be a compelling place to work (though no chance of that). |
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Post by bones1026 on Mar 11, 2020 22:53:47 GMT -5
Yes, that is why you spend all day posting on this board. You have nothing at stake. Just plenty of free time. I have quite a bit free time. If MNKD had not previously been a very large position for me, I wouldn't be here now. Now, MNKD has become like a gambling habit for me that is well in check... primarily for amusement purposes. Though still would be happy if I walk away with winnings. Not intending to be disrespectful to others that are down at this point more than they can easily financially tolerate. I know a recovery in MNKD share price is very serious for many. It was for me also before I had some other business ventures pay off. [ âGambling habitâ...youâre not just popping in my man and reading a few posts, youâre taking time to respond to all positive posts from people you donât know..spending hours on here a day. That simply doesnât make ANY logical sense. |
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Post by ktim on Mar 11, 2020 23:06:44 GMT -5
I have quite a bit free time. If MNKD had not previously been a very large position for me, I wouldn't be here now. Now, MNKD has become like a gambling habit for me that is well in check... primarily for amusement purposes. Though still would be happy if I walk away with winnings. Not intending to be disrespectful to others that are down at this point more than they can easily financially tolerate. I know a recovery in MNKD share price is very serious for many. It was for me also before I had some other business ventures pay off. [ âGambling habitâ...youâre not just popping in my man and reading a few posts, youâre taking time to respond to all positive posts from people you donât know..spending hours on here a day. That simply doesnât make ANY logical sense. I'm on my computer doing many other things during the day. I actually spend no where near hours reading or posting here. Other than with earnings conference calls perhaps. I am certainly am not the only person who posts a lot. I guess you feel the pollyannish posters are logical because they are "talking their book" (polite way of saying pumping). I would say that too is largely illogical because no one in their right mind would get investing advice from this forum  If people don't find the discussion interesting, or it makes them upset, that would be illogical to be here. This for instance took me 90 seconds. I did spend quite a bit of time analyzing short interest data that I presented here previously, but that is a rare occurrence I spend meaningful time. |
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Post by mytakeonit on Mar 12, 2020 2:57:53 GMT -5
Since ktim doesn't seem to offer much to this forum ... if no one talks/replies to he/she ... then he/she won't be paid. Just my opinion.
But, that's mytakeonit
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Post by longliner on Mar 12, 2020 6:04:58 GMT -5
Since ktim doesn't seem to offer much to this forum ... if no one talks/replies to he/she ... then he/she won't be paid. Just my opinion. But, that's mytakeonit Funny......thats the reason I blocked he / she. Moderators may be interested in my blocked list for the same reason........or not? If their participation is perceived as a help to gain a seat at the board??đ |
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Post by sportsrancho on Mar 12, 2020 8:34:33 GMT -5
Some dilution is a necessity, to much is incompetence. ( Living off shareholders because of bad decisions.)
In sports your body follows your mind ,if you canât visualize it in very rarely happens...in sports, relationships or business.
Vdex has a vision for Afrezza. And has never wavered. You have to have visualized it, found it, and know what to look for to be able to teach others the optimal protocols.
I donât visualize a reverse split. I visualize Vdex pulling us out of the abyss. But logic tells me if Mike asks for more shares itâll take us under a dollar. Wall Street has to have the opinion that those shares will be spent wisely and they have not been. Because Mannkind canât find a vision for Afrezza.
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Post by dmoney113 on Mar 12, 2020 9:09:54 GMT -5
Can't stop the bleeding long at avg 1.51 no choice but to double up cost average down and hope for the best Good luck longs
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Post by ktim on Mar 12, 2020 16:23:05 GMT -5
Can't stop the bleeding long at avg 1.51 no choice but to double up cost average down and hope for the best Good luck longs As stated here I've been buying small amount since last week with average about $1.01 (after options are counted), but unless your post was tongue in cheek, I'd be extremely cautious about buying here. Not only is market likely to go down further (at least common wisdom it seems), now that MNKD has crashed below $1 it's got extra risks and very bad optics. |
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Post by prcgorman2 on Mar 12, 2020 19:50:54 GMT -5
ktim- Iâm interested to know what you think are extra risks and bad optics. Being under a dollar long enough will trigger delisting. I almost wonder if that would be helpful. Iâll bet all the owners of companies that have gone private in the last 20 years (by the thousands) are pretty happy their stock isnât getting hammered by panic and stop loss triggers. Anyway, Iâm not serious that it would be helpful. But on the optics, assuming âopticsâ means access to operating capital on the credit market, Iâm not sure what to expect there. There is already evidence of effort on the part of the Fed to ensure credit and liquidity and somewhere (might have been a blog) I saw a reference questioning whether we might also see negative interest rates.
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Post by ktim on Mar 12, 2020 21:03:34 GMT -5
ktim- Iâm interested to know what you think are extra risks and bad optics. Being under a dollar long enough will trigger delisting. I almost wonder if that would be helpful. Iâll bet all the owners of companies that have gone private in the last 20 years (by the thousands) are pretty happy their stock isnât getting hammered by panic and stop loss triggers. Anyway, Iâm not serious that it would be helpful. But on the optics, assuming âopticsâ means access to operating capital on the credit market, Iâm not sure what to expect there. There is already evidence of effort on the part of the Fed to ensure credit and liquidity and somewhere (might have been a blog) I saw a reference questioning whether we might also see negative interest rates. Yes, exactly, delisting prospect is very bad optics... always... period. That isn't at all the same as going private. Hopefully there will not be a move to take MNKD private because that means retail investors are forced out at the then current really depressed prices (or perhaps with a bit of a premium to market price). That indeed can hugely benefit the insiders and big investors that get invited to participate in it, but you or I would not be among them. The risks are based on funding. For instance if we fall behind on the lower covenants that put 2nd Midcap tranche in jeopardy, in ordinary times it would be expected that MidCap would renegotiate, taking their pound of flesh but providing the money. In a market like this, Midcap may simply make the decision to halt any outflows of capital that they aren't absolutely obligated to. Not saying it would happen, but financial crisis certainly raises that prospect. I was in the process of closing a round of funding for a startup company in telecom space when the dotcom meltdown started. Fortunately early enough and supportive enough investors to close it but it might not have happened a couple of months later and that would have been the end of my company. Working capital is everything if money dries up. |
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Post by mytakeonit on Mar 12, 2020 23:20:18 GMT -5
Not going to happen. Longs can also play the short game and put in a thousand $1 buy orders at the market close. Remember that there aren't any trade fees at E*Trade.
But, that's mytakeonit (and I will place a thousand and ONE buy orders to outwit the wise butt short)
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Post by ktim on Mar 13, 2020 1:44:58 GMT -5
Not going to happen. Longs can also play the short game and put in a thousand $1 buy orders at the market close. Remember that there aren't any trade fees at E*Trade. But, that's mytakeonit (and I will place a thousand and ONE buy orders to outwit the wise butt short) I guess your resolve to not respond to me didn't even last 24 hours. There I was looking forward to it. Maybe you should give it another try |
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Post by mytakeonit on Mar 13, 2020 4:45:10 GMT -5
Ha Ha ... that wasn't me that said that. I just told that person to ignore you ... and now you feel guilty and come crying to me. So sad ... So bad. BTW, how much do you get paid ... and how can I sign on?
But, that's mytakeonit
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If people don't find the discussion interesting, or it makes them upset, that would be illogical to be here. 
