"The market behaves as if there could be doubt. And that's what I don't understand."

The impression of doubt is easy to create when you have the ability to alter sentiment by altering a companies sp artificially in tandem with a company that hasn't given, up until recent glimmerings, a reason to believe otherwise. But....note how many show up on the bid when prices look good. The desire for shares is there but so is a lot of stealth.