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I look at it and think its a con. Coincidentally after a several massive thefts, the price suddenly raises? sounds like deliberate manipulation to dump stolen coins to me.

Wouldn't mind betting some syndicate took a huge upfront loss to drive up price, and are now recapitalising that loss with said stolen coins.

Can be explained as "no news is bad news", e.g. high profile thefts got BTC a spike in publicity.

Up until this month, nobody but geeks knew what BTC was. Now I'm hearing philosophy & art majors talking about it.

Not really. Bitcoin got its first mass mainstream exposure around February of this year when it broke its peak from mid-2011, IIRC. Definitely before this month, however.

That's true, but if memory serves that was a metaphorical 10th-page oped. The coverage we're seeing now, starting around the thefts, is 1st or 2nd page.

Failing to predict the future is one of those human foibles that we all suffer from every now and then.

What price should you have sold at?

Why did you sell all of it? I sold as it went up as well, but I always held back 20% of my original purchase just in case this very thing happened...