Mõned teemad tänaseks päevaks:
- Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) sulgus reedel uuel 52 nädala kõrgeimal tasemel.
- Smith Barney alandab üllatuslikult eBay (EBAY) reitingut täna hommikul Hoia pealt Müü peale. Põhjuseks nende arvates liiga suured ootused seoses firma autoäriga. Lühikese ajaga on eBay kasvanud maailma suurimaks kasutatud autode müüjaks, viimase moodustades 30% läbi eBay müüdavate kaupade mahust. Siiski on marginaalid autode puhul oluliselt madalamad kui näiteks elektroonika juures. Turuosaliste ootused võivad olla nende arvates liiga kõrged.
Aja teeb eriti huvitavaks fakt, et firma avaldab oma tulemused sellel nädalal.
- Banc of America alandab DRAM-i tootja Microni (MU) reitingu Neutraalse peale varasema Osta pealt. Hinnasiht kukub $19 juures $11 peale. Micron on viimastel aastatel kohati suutnud näidata käibest suuremaid kvartaalseid kahjumeid.
- SoundView alandab Texas Instrumentsi (TXN) reitingut Turu tootlust ületavalt (Outperform) Neutraalse peale. Põhjuseks kõrge valuatsioon. Hinnasihiks jääb $27. Mitte eriti mõjukas reitingualandus ning selle peale kukkumine räägiks turuosaliste müügisoovist
- Hüpoteeklaenude andjad olid reedel tugevalt rohelises. Põhjuseks USA 3. suurima tegija Countrywide Financial Corp (CFC) uudis selle kohta, et Q3 tulemused tulevad oodatust paremad. Kui varem prognoosis firma $13-15 KASUMIT AKTSIA KOHTA, siis nüüd oodatakse numbrit üle $15. Tundub, et veel on veidi vara sektori "maha kirjutada". Koos ülejäänud hüpoteeklaenude andjatega ronis jõudsalt (+10%) ülespoole ka E-Loan (EELN). Selle firma teemal saab täpsemalt lugeda LHV Pro all. Täna hommikul on EELN 4-5% sulgemishinnast tõusnud ning kaupleb $4.10-4.15 tasemel.
Paljusin Kristjani vaadata ka aktsiate tehnilist pilti:
*Ise veel E-Loani (EELN) aktsiad ei oma.
- Wall Street Journal kirjutab, et konkurendid hakkavad Inteli (INTC) kandadele astuma. Esiteks loomulikult Advanced Mirco Devices (AMD). Sellele järgnevad Transmeta (TMTA) oma Crusoe ning Efficeoniga ja Sun Micro (SUNW) koos Fujiga plaanivad ka oma protsessoritega välja tulla.
- Qualcomm (QCOM)-i juht avaldab Reutersi vahendusel arvamust, et ei näe ebatavaliselt suuri mobiiltelefonide laoseise.
- Piper Jaffray teatas, et tõstab Applied Materialsi (AMAT) 2004. aasta prognoose konsensusest kõrgemale. Tellimused eelkõige aasiast peaksid 2004. aasta esimeses pooles tulemusi kergitama.
- Motorola (MOT) tulemused tulid täna hommikul oodatust paremad. Aktsiad kauplevad 5% kõrgemal reedestest sulgemishinnast.
- Gary B. Smith:
- Revshark:
Good morning. I hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable weekend and is ready for a very busy week. The focus this week is earnings, which kick off tomorrow in earnest with companies such as Merrill Lynch (MER:NYSE), Intel (INTC:Nasdaq) and Novellus (NVLS:Nasdaq) reporting. Motorola (MOT:NYSE) has moved up its earnings report to today, which is typically a positive sign.
The market is always driven to some extent by expectations but this week they become particularly important. The warnings season has been very mild, with few warnings of note. Maybe companies simply did a good job in lowering views or maybe the economy really did uptick in the quarter. Whatever the case, investors are coming in to earnings season looking for solid reports and upbeat forecasts for the future.
Of course, as soon as investors start feeling optimistic that earnings results and forward estimates are likely to be solid, they help create a sell-the-news dynamic. When expectations are high, simply meeting them is often a disappointment, especially when the market has been strong in anticipation of good numbers.
So we have a very interesting game of psychology shaping up. Last week we saw a solid report from Yahoo! (YHOO:Nasdaq), no significant warnings and very good retail sales reports. Things look pretty solid but the problem is that the better the news, the higher the expectations become and the greater the likelihood for disappointment. If Motorola, Intel and Merrill Lynch knock the cover off the ball, the companies that follow are suddenly faced with having to report similarly strong reports or they risk disappointing investors.
The technical picture is also at a key juncture. The S&P 500 has been doing battle with important resistance at 1040 for a while now. A breakout above that level on Thursday failed but there is now a fairly good base, which will help support another attempt at a breakout to a new high.
The biggest technical negative is that the bounce since the beginning of October has left us a bit extended. After the sharp dip at the end of September we moved right back to the highs in a V-like fashion. That is not the healthiest way to move to new highs but a few days of flat action have helped make things a little less overbought.
We have some Monday morning optimism to kick off the week. Overseas markets were mostly higher. The bond market is closed for Columbus Day. Gold and oil are trading down a bit while the dollar is holding steady. There are a number of upgrades, particular in the software sector, but eBayM (EBAY:Nasdaq) is trading down on a downgrade. We'll have to see how the very strong Internet sector reacts to that news.
The fact that analysts are busy with positive comments and market participants are feeling safe and secure shouldn't make you comfortable. The market acts best when it has a wall of worry to climb and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of that at the moment.
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