Donald Gher
Donald Gher
buying hurricane indicative people places stock tend
That is indicative of pre- and post- hurricane buying in places like Florida, where people tend to stock up before a hurricane and then afterward they try to do some replacement shopping.
control extremely kept people tight
They've kept a very tight control over quality. These people are extremely disciplined.
companies growth include market phase stable toward
The market is in a rotational phase toward the more stable growth companies -- and that would include the big pharmaceuticals.
drop felt gas helped last prices retailers saw solid weather week
Retailers have come through with very solid reports. We felt that the drop in gas prices would help. More importantly, we saw the weather shift, which really helped in the last week of the month.
bit company energy lifting positive prices rising seeing sentiment tide turn
With energy prices improving, it may be that we're seeing a bit of turn in sentiment to the positive side. I don't think it's a rising tide lifting all ships. It's going to be company by company.
push week
We're doing OK. Are we going gangbusters? No. As we get into the week after Christmas, you're going to have another push upward of sales.