Last minute Tyranid rumors?

[Sir_Prometheus]

Some companies stocks do drop that much in a day, and it's quite intentional. I wouldn't be surprised if this was part of some strategy.

Um, no. 

[andalucien]

It's totally a strategy.  Kind of like how alligators "play dead" and wait for the unsuspecting zebra to come right up to the waterhole, and then the next thing you know, BAM!   

[robpro]

Or, you know, so they could do a stock buyback on the cheap. Or if an insider was interested in purchasing the company to bring it back private, it's a lot easier to do it when its worth less.

[andalucien]

Sounds like a good way to go to jail.

[Sir_Prometheus]

Sounds like a good way to go to jail.

Exactly.  This is just not a thing that is done these days.  Regulators have worked very hard to make it unworkable.

The stock fell because the financial report was bad.

[robpro]

Sounds like a good way to go to jail.

You would think that, and the two examples I gave might lead to that if you could prove them (difficult to do). There are plenty of reasons why stock falling is not the end of the world, and may have been factored in to their long term strategy.

[Sir_Prometheus]

It's not difficult to prove, no.  Basically, if you had insider knowledge, the stock was about to go down, and you traded stock anywhere around that event, you're guilty.  You essentially cannot trade any stock under those circumstances. 

[Cryptognomicon]

Sounds like a good way to go to jail.

You would think that, and the two examples I gave might lead to that if you could prove them (difficult to do). There are plenty of reasons why stock falling is not the end of the world, and may have been factored in to their long term strategy.

A couple of great examples are Netflix and Green Mountain Coffee (GMCR) both stocks crashed a year ago or so and both have rebounded big time. Stock price isn't always the best indicator of a companies health. Yes, GW did have a bad 1/2 year report. Are they going to go out of business tomorrow? No way.  Are they going to rebound? My guess is yes.  Will it be immediate? I say give it a quarter and see how things go. Will they be at the same price as they were before in another 6 months? No idea...otherwise I'd be rich playing the stockmarket vs an honest job.   The biggest issue I see for them is that they have terrible PR right now. If they can turn that around a lot of the bitching on the forums will go away.  (Bad PR is from everything from pricing to rules issues). Mind you a lot of people bitch on the internet.  On the other hand for everyone who complains on the web there are 10 who don't see any problems at all.  It's actually pretty rare for people to go onto forums and say good things about a company. 


Anyway - this topic has been pretty much killed IMO.  People should stop complaining and start having fun by throwing dice down again.

[Bill]

I came here for the Tyranids 

[Cryptognomicon]

I came here for the Tyranids 

This

[Loranus]

I came here for the Tyranids 

This

Ditto

[Grand Master Steve]

I checked back for more Tyranid stuff...not pointless arguements....

[Benjamin]

A med-i-o-cre codex.

[MM3791]

For those interested, pretty close call with Tyranids vs Tau.. enjoy. http://www.frontlinegaming.org/2014/01/24/bbf-brings-us-a-battle-report-tyranids-vs-tau/

[Mad Dok Rob]

So how are the local nid players finding the codex after playing a bit?