need the profs/brokers to be at their desks and paying attention to 'stock news' in order to clear out a lot of that dead wood sitting in the sell pile; half their desks are empty today.
I'm not a fan of announcements in the xmas break block; mainly because you'll find that some poor announcements are actually sheepishly posted when everyone is basically on holidays (i've had two of these before) ; so the impact is somewhat cushioned as many ain't paying attention; the opposite is also true; we had a great announcement today, but I don't think we'll see the whales really getting into it for a few days
AVZ Price at posting:
11.5¢ Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held