Manipulation?
AOS has traded >500k shares in 14 of the last 17 trading days, a number of days over 1million traded and yet the stock price remains marooned in the mid 20's. An institutional trader would find it hard to accumulate a decent position without the support of traders in a similar circumstance. Does the board think that there may be collusion (AOS is just one of many stocks in this position) whereby one firm sells low to another in exchange for some other thinly traded stock held by that firm. Manipulation obviously occurs prior to pricing of options and occurs in normal times prior to seeking equity in the market. Psychological manipulation also occurs on all stock bulletin boards. Anybody with direct experience who would venture a comment?
The value out there is compelling not just AOS but also NML-X; DNG-X;RDM-T (these stocks do not need to be pumped, as I intend to be patient with them as well as AOS)