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Q: Not a question just a statement. Here is a reminder for us long term holders of Knight Therapeutics on what the investment horizon may be.

"For investors, if their investment horizon is not their grandchildren, we are not the right company for them. Paladin had 19 years of record revenues but for 12 of those years, our stock was flat. It took us 19 years to become an overnight success." - Jonathan Ross Goodman
Read Answer Asked by Adam on March 14, 2019
Q: Should I sell this stock and take my losses or continue to hold in the hope it may go up in value?
Read Answer Asked by elgin on March 14, 2019
Q: I have heard anecdotally that the quants, computers, algorithms, etc. are responsible for a large portion of stock trades in today's market. Sometimes "experts" say that these automated systems exacerbate stock price moves to both the upside as well as the downside. Shorts sellers seem to have the power to punish stocks that get to ridiculously high valuations. But what tool does the market have to reward stocks that have been overly punished, other than time and the management taking the time to talk up their stock. An NCIB seems to be kind of an incremental way to support share price and I believe (correct me if I am wrong) that a company has to apply for an NCIB which takes time. Should stock exchanges give some new tools for companies to counter act a sharp downward share price movement? If a company has a strong balance sheet, let's say net cash positive, perhaps they should have the option to buy back large amounts of stock on short notice when the quants, computers, automated trading etc. drive prices far lower than they should go. In this scenario companies that are prudent financially could take of advantage of a Dec 24,2019 incident. In these situations a company could say to the market," If that is how little you think of our shares we will gladly buy as much of it back and send them to treasury, thank you computer traders, thank you computer trading, thank you ." I am not in the financial industry so I may not understand the big picture. This is kind of a long and complicated question so I am not sure if you can answer it without writing an essay.!!
Read Answer Asked by Paul on March 14, 2019
Q: PBL reported on Wed Mar 13. They missed on both the top and bottom line. I know that you cannot judge a company on one quarter but I would appreciate you comments on this company going forward for a 1 to 2 year hold. They really did not give any specific guidance for 2019 except that they felt that the EBIDTA should return to the expected levels and that the trend should continue. I have a 5% position in this stock and I am wondering what to do. Your comments would be most appreciated. Thank you Ian.
Read Answer Asked by Ian on March 14, 2019