Unfortunatly not all stock holders are in your position Cavedude, and everyday longer that this terrible market continues personal financial situations such as margin calls, need for cash, fear, etc... cause people to have to sell stock that I'm sure wouldn't if they didn't have to, imagine all of the retire's that had their life savings tied up in funds that they planned to live of, they have seen the value drop big time, scary times for a lot of people.