After originally posting this here on RightMichigan.com, it occurred to me that there might actually be an attempt to "depress artificially" the demand for the stock on its initial offering.  this would allow buyers who are in the know to make  a killing on "unexpected returns!"

Or maybe as we have seen with the Volt..  It might actually represent reality.  The Volt...  A $42,000 car that requires a $8K grant from the government to entice a purchase, a $10,000 set of batteries every 3 years or less, and a $100,000,000 tax incentive package paid by taxpayers to make it happen.