Vox Royalty to test C$2.15 $VOX $VOXCFWhen the TSX asks you to explain why there was a pick up in volume after you hired a known "pump and dump" firm, you have to wonder how that is going to reflect on the company.
Different message boards are full of investors or potential investors posting articles and youtube clips which describe the nefarious goings-on of the National Inflation Association (NIA), who Vox has agreed to pay $100k for a year's worth of promotion.
One damning article explains who NIA are:
National Inflation Association runs a website called inflation.us. According to their website they claim they are an organization dedicated to preparing Americans for hyperinflation and helping Americans survive and prosper in the upcoming hyperinflationary crisis. They try to create the image of legitimacy and professionalism. However, the site is actually set up as a type pump and dump operation. National Inflation Association typically recommends microcap stocks that trade on the NASDAQ with a low float. They will typically own a large position in a stock they are recommending and send out thousands of emails to their subscribers urging them to buy the stock they are recommending.
The National Inflation Association gained a huge following through a variety of their YouTube videos. The National Inflation Association is run mainly by two stock promoters: Gerard Adams and Jonathan Lebed.
Both of these guys run other websites where they get compensated thousands of dollars for profiling small companies and sending emails to investors urging investors to buy shares in it.
Gerard Adams operates the website WallStreetGrand(dot)com, an investor relations/stock promotion website that sends out stock alerts on penny stocks. Jonathan Lebed also runs his own stock promotion site lebed(dot)biz. Lebed gained national attention back in 2001 when the SEC accused him of fraudulently manipulating stocks in a pump and dump scheme when he was in his teens.
Vox Royalty Corp. has been on a promotional tour, meeting and greeting anyone who attended one of the many mining and investing conferences. They have also been using promoters like Crux Investor, Rich TV, Liberty & Finance, Ellis Martin and Proactive Investor.
Every time the Vox Corp. media machine went to work, the share price would stumble and fall. With many private investors are frustrated at the lack of dividends or value left over for PIs. "The recent deal probably makes economic sense for Vox, especially with the price calculated for the Vox shares issued in the payment but not sure how the market will appreciate their revenue mix with a significant percentage of revenue coming from 2 iron ore projects. Like the company more than I did yesterday but will watch from the sidelines for now. A little taken back by the 20% option plan, RSU's and PSU's seems excessive to me. Most companies are run with a 10% option plan. This management team does not leave much for the shareholders."
Looking at the sentiment of the PI's this stock is on its way lower.
Technically, the close below 61.8% from the lows of C$2.15 to the most recent significant high, now looks more likely that momentum is going to also drag this share price lower. Possibly below the C$2.15 level.
As much as I was hoping to see this share price rising based on the royalties and acquisitions over the next year or so, I am not going to pretend that fundamentals are going to beat sentiment and momentum. May be there will be a place lower to buy where the risks are a lot lower.
