is it really that bad?, page-13

Well you could apply the hot copper cheer squad test.

When the gods of fate have heard the rousing cheers and outpourings of optimism from the cheer squad they do their best to ruin as many days as possible - and it falls.

When all they hear is the cheer squad crying into their beers, bemoaning the lousy state of the universe, life in general and the stock in question, they take pity and the stock rises.

So on a range from pessimistic to optimistic of 0 to 10 I figure SBM is at about a 3. All hope needs to be crushed first and some of you can still see blue sky.

So it's close but not there yet.