Hopefully, the retail paper will flow into the PM stocks like they did for the dot coms in the early 2000's. I certainly don't want to be a pessimist, but I have decided that I will not buy any more shares of AUMN (or several other of my holdings that have large short interests compared to the float of outstanding shares) until I see some of these companies try to take proactive measures to combat these shorts. I won't sell it either, and truly hope that things turn around for all of us.