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Post by mannkindly on Jan 25, 2017 9:13:25 GMT -5
Yes, Matt said Embarrassment of Riches & Epic. Here's my takes as to why: Embarrassment of Riches was said before the Sanofi deal was signed. And likely there were 3-4 offers on the table for purchase of Afrezza, purchase of MNKD, purchase of Technosphere platform. Of course, Matt (and Al) saw Afrezza as a Top-Seller and went with SNY partnership. Yes, Matt and Al made the wrong choice with SNY on many levels. Now onto Epic... Matt said this more recently and it had to do with EPIC turn-around of MNKD. Well, Afrezza sales have not turned-around. The stock price is still below a buck. Still looking for something Epic. My conclusion: Always I thought that MNKD could be a $20 stock. But, if they sold the entire company today for 4 or 5 dollars per share I'd be happy and would consider that EPIC.
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Post by cgiscgis on Jan 25, 2017 9:53:39 GMT -5
If the company has any pending good news - and that is a very big IF - why not wait until shortly the delisting date and then release lots of good news to jack up the share price?
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Post by cathode on Jan 25, 2017 10:21:24 GMT -5
I am certain Matt's statement on "Embarrassment of Riches" was related to the diversity of APIs that can be used with TS and not related to offers on the table to buy MNKD or Afrezza.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2017 10:33:17 GMT -5
I am certain Matt's statement on "Embarrassment of Riches" was related to the diversity of APIs that can be used with TS and not related to offers on the table to buy MNKD or Afrezza. This. It was used to expressed the number of API's that the company would be able to put on technosphere, now that it was approved. Poor Matt got beaten by it and he did clarify the same in one of the calls.
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Post by babaoriley on Jan 25, 2017 13:15:38 GMT -5
"But, if they sold the entire company today for 4 or 5 dollars per share I'd be happy and would consider that EPIC."
"Epic?" Miraculous would be a vast understatement if it were sold today for that amount. To sell for that much, our share price would have to be $2 minimum, likely $2.50. Have weirder things happened, sure, but I wouldn't even consider it happening for us!
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Post by gamblerjag on Jan 25, 2017 13:31:40 GMT -5
I don't think that would be considered epic in my loco mind only because Embarrassment of Riches was when we were around $2 bucks and EPIC a little less. EPIC better mean double digits!!!
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Post by dreamboatcruise on Jan 25, 2017 13:37:42 GMT -5
If the company has any pending good news - and that is a very big IF - why not wait until shortly the delisting date and then release lots of good news to jack up the share price? I don't think investor psychology works like that. I think as a really bad event like delisting looms closer people will bail out of the stock and then not necessarily following it to jump back in with good news. Better to try to maintain investor confidence than play silly games like that.
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Post by cretin11 on Jan 25, 2017 19:06:56 GMT -5
There is simply no good reason to delay the sharing of any good news.
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Post by kuka on Jan 26, 2017 20:47:53 GMT -5
what was not mentioned here is the immense pressure put on the company via shorts and naked shorts.....paid most likely by billion dollar big pharmas.
You can be the toughest guy in the bar but get your ass beat by 5 little guys ......or 5 big guys.
If MNKD was allowed to thrive....this would already be a big winner.
They have been starving the company for cash thus the slow rollout ....and marketing efforts.
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Post by sky on Jan 26, 2017 21:03:03 GMT -5
KUKA That was well said and says it all, Dont fool your self there are more SHORTS on this board than longs GLTA
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Post by falconquest on Jan 26, 2017 21:07:50 GMT -5
KUKA That was well said and says it all, Dont fool your self there are more SHORTS on this board than longs GLTA Wow, paranoid much?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2017 21:16:06 GMT -5
what was not mentioned here is the immense pressure put on the company via shorts and naked shorts.....paid most likely by billion dollar big pharmas. You can be the toughest guy in the bar but get your ass beat by 5 little guys ......or 5 big guys. If MNKD was allowed to thrive....this would already be a big winner. They have been starving the company for cash thus the slow rollout ....and marketing efforts. Perhaps you can try and see if the lack of sales and no operating cash is putting downward pressure on the stock? Some companies don't even have revenue but still got plenty of operating cash so they sustain. Perhaps the so called big pharma includes Mannkind management too? Because they don't instill any confidence in investment community for them to buy up? As kuka, iam2, aged , and all the retail can only afford so much. Let sales ramp up , if the management is game and see the WS boys bid it up
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Post by longliner on Jan 26, 2017 21:19:13 GMT -5
In reply to falconquest.
No, just probably correct. At least 50-50, which are you? (Oh yeah, I almost forgot, insert emoji of your choice)
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Post by bioexec25 on Jan 26, 2017 21:55:23 GMT -5
No idea short to long ratio on the board don't really care at this point. But I've often wondered whether this board has a large number of clever shorts fishing for and bagging longs or a large number of collective intellects missing huge and not seeing the looming epic collapse of the pps and company valuation.
I remember thinking SNY was going to drop Afrezza but waffled and observed that what seemed like a majority of the collective waxed eloquent that no way the partnership would end. That's when some here lost an additional 50% present company included. So deception by shorts or just a herding effect of our intellectual collective who are ending up catastrophically wrong (so far). Just conjecture I reckon, no way to ever know.
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Post by longliner on Jan 26, 2017 22:04:47 GMT -5
Bioexect25, Nice comment! I however, am a not to clever long, fishing for shorts. After enough years I believe it does matter, and I do care, and yes Shkreli pisses me off. ()
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