"The important thing about an attempt is that it need not be...

"The important thing about an attempt is that it need not be successful."

I like to read your posts sir but lord elpus is the right attitude if companies are to expend resources taking on any opponent especially an elephant like RIO, not just in this Market at this time, where all the advantages fall to such an opponent. The possibility of any bidding war is seriously remote but then I'd have thought that a 90 to 100% decline in some of my stocks from a year ago remote enough for me to have stayed in the market... OOPS

I like this stock, the nearology is compelling in the extreme it's just this talk of forced hands and rushed purchases with just one natural buyer is, I think, a bit of a ramp.