All of this pumping /bashing controversy would be easily reconciled if people just acted in a reasonable measure of agreement with their stated sentiments. The "pumpers" are high on the stock and either believe in it or want to see short term share appreciation so they can trade it and make trade money. Mostly those people DO behave as their stated beliefs would dictate. I don't see a lot of pump-n-dump action on IPIX. What amazes me is the constant bickering about there being little to no short interest and virtually no FTD's. What other reason would a person have to hang around a SMB and relentlessly bash the stock if they stand to gain nothing by it? To spend considerable time bashing a stock indicates that you have something to gain by suppressing the share price...ergo, you are short the stock, or someone is paying you to bash it. Nothing else makes sense. If I get sour on a stock, I sell it and look for something else. Watching what people do rather than what they say is much more enlightening! That goes for politicians too! That's my $0.02 for today...