That's interesting regarding the whole "December selloff" reasoning.  For my big board stocks, they have all been steadily going up after a horrible October and November, but all my pennies have been on the decline this month.  This is my first year investing in pennies so it's been a good learning experience.  That being said, I still see EWSI very differently.  If I went red with EWSI in the short term I still wouldn't mind because of the long term potential.  Scary? yes.  Enough to deter me?  Most definitely not.