I see mr 400 did his dance up to .44 AMEX and it got me thinking.

I do not want to start out by trying to assign fame or blame to anyone for what has transpired over the last few days. All I know is that after 3 years as a retail investor in KRY I have way too much invested in this and according to my calculations the PPS is now (again) a few cents below my average cost.

Even though the company was in dire need of some partnership (CASH) and I think the Chinese deal is with the right people, it still seems like we have given up way too much- But I do not want to argue back and forth as the board seems to be really divided on this. I was expecting something different and a lot more value than we got especially when I saw $1.15 paid in the pre market. I had a different shorter term plan: Sell some and pay off some debt, sell some a little higher and get back my basis costs, keep the rest and see.

Well that all went to the potty.

What really frustrates is that my Scottrade account had Crystallex stopped as everything else on my platforms were moving and while this was happening McQuarrie was selling thousands of shares a minute. With this stock there has been several strange events- like spikes and stop loss events which happened in regards to insiders / MM's doing whatever they want and leaving retail hung out to dry. So I guess there could have been insiders working the premarket numbers to help create an illusion. The chart and the gains of the previous two months or so and the rumor of the secret investor (which then is not really a secret by definition) Mr 400 what's up with that? All the while I am looking for a trading halt or some other explanation of why the numbers and chart are not moving on my Scottrade display. When it does finally work I have missed the opportunity to sell and the headache and nausea begin.

The different arrangements of the 19.9 @ .4 Cdn and the Bought deal financing @.4 Cdn and more availiable @ .7 later (seems a rather huge amount for a company expecting a permit and only having to pay 1/3 going forward) are huge PPS squashing events. So with Chavez on his own timetable, (I do not buy into the idea he has to do it soon anymore) it seems that we could be stuck here around .4 for awhile. Chavez will probably have to do something before the elections though. But this huge amount of money we are now financing will be there if this deal falls through or no permit shows up and we need to go to arbitration, right?

I wish I could be more optimistic..........heading to the bar.............HB