The past few days brought joy and optimism among Multicell Technologies, Inc.(OTC:MCET) investors. Since the beginning of the year, the price has almost tripled. Yesterday`s session is of particular interest, given the 40% increase and the immense trading activity – the session closed at $0.0115 and more than 66 million shares were traded during the day. Sharp increases and declines in the stock price are common for MultiCell Technologies, yet, more often than not there was a specific reason for the sparkling investment activity. Not this time, or at least no official reason like a company announcement, stock promotion or industry news can be pointed out. This time, the Internet forums did the job of the stock promoters and they obviously did it right, since such trading activity has not been seen since last April. MCET-25.01.11.png

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A main reason why people rushed to buy MultiCell shares was the vivid discussion in the forums about an upcoming PR from the company related to its current development. Opinions even set the date for it to be Jan. 25th. Of course, if it happens the stock price would increase in an even more rapid manner, leaving traders from yesterday with a more than 100% profit in 24 hours. If it does not, all the buzz would have just been another pump and dump. 

There are several main indicators in place when considering MultiCell as a potential investment. First of all, this is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with three subsidiaries developing cell-based assay systems for use in drug discovery, as well as for addressing unmet medical needs for the treatment of neurological disorders and cancer. Since there is no product to market yet, the company has no revenues, only mounting liabilities. There are already recognitions for MultiCell`s efforts as well. Last November, the company received a $730k cash grant award from the U.S. Government Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program. Last but not least, the company is in the final stages of testing its products. If the results are positive and approvals from the respective authorities are granted, marketing and sales can start. [BANNER]

All these points have to be considered when looking at this stock. There is also one more fact to consider, though. This is whether an investor is willing to risk losing his entire investment. Because for MultiCell it is not government grants or positive news about product development that drive the stock price up. It is speculations, and they tend to suit only the short-term investors, leaving most of the other traders with huge losses and regret that they ever got involved in a company with such uncertain future.