Mõned teemad tänaseks päevaks:
- Inteli tulemused tulid oodatust paremad ning aktsiad ronisid järelturul $31 sulgemishinnast $32 alla (eelturul $33 all). Põhimõtteliselt oli tegemist parima kolmanda kvartali tulemusega viimse 25 aasta jooksul. Analüütikud aplodeerivad ning täna hommikul teatas Merrill Lynch, et tõstab firma hinnasihi $32 pealt $40 peale. Inteli arvates saab hinna 2010. aastaks suuremaks personaalarvutite tarbijaks kui seda on USA. Hiina muutus suuruselt teiseks turuks INTC jaoks eelmise aastal. Sellel aastal müüakse Hiinas ca 13 mln PC-d, ületades napilt Jaapani 12.7 mln nõudlust. USA-s müüakse sellel aastal ca 51 mln PC-d.
Kokku moodustas Aasia (va. Jaapan) 42% Inteli selle kvartali käibest. Koos Jaapaniga oli see number 51%.
- Deutsche Bank teatas, et alustas SCO Groupi (SCOX) katmist OSTA reitinguga ning tervelt $45 hinnasihiga. Praegu kauplevad aktsiad $15-16 juures. Mäletatavasti kaebas SCOX kohtusse IBM (IBM)-i süüdistades viimast piraatluses seoses UNIX-i lähtekoodiga. Kui IBM (jt.) peaks hakkama SCOX-le UNIX-i eest maksma, võivad tulud ulatuda sadadesse miljonitesse dollaritesse. Põhimõtteliselt on SCOX kui call-optsioon. Võidu korral on SCOX-i aktsiad väärt $50+ ning kaotuse korral praktiliselt 0.
- Flash mälul põhinevate tech-vidinate tootja SanDisk (SNDK) tuli välja kvartalitulemustega, mis ületasid ootusi märkimisväärselt. EPS tuli $0.60 vs $0.45 konsensust ning aastaks prognoositakse üle $1 mld suurust käivet. SNDK head tulemused/prognoosid mõjutavad ilmselt kogu sektorit: LEXR, FLSH, STTI.
- Palusin Kristjanil avaldada arvamust ka E-Loani (EELN) tehnilise pildi suhtes. Konkurendid LEND ning CFC, millest ralli üldse alguse sai jätkasid tõusu ka eile. Eelturul kaupleb EELN $4.40-4.50 vahel.
- Keegi märkas, et Intel (INTC) ei muutnud oma capexi prognoose? Samas Novellus (NVLS) tuli välja "heade" tulemustega, mis on üles ajanud ka teised sektori tegijad (AMAT, LRCX, KLAC jne).
- Karud? Kus on karud?
- Gary B. Smith
- RevShark
Intel (INTC:Nasdaq) delivered exactly what the bulls wanted. Revenues, earnings, margins and forward guidance were all solid. Analyst are raising targets to the 40 level and the stock is trading up over a dollar and a half. It's tough to find flaws in that report but that has not stopped the bears, who are hoping that the "valuation" argument will finally kick in one of these days.
As this market continues to move higher the bears have been carefully considering all of the reasons why this strength is unjustified. While they wait for their theories and arguments to bear fruit the merry bulls have continued to wallow in their ignorance and rack up big gains. Careful consideration of what can go wrong leads to poor results when those around you are frolicking with abandon.
Once again we are faced with the same question that has plagued this market since March: Can good news keep driving this market higher or is it finally completely priced in this time? There is no question that the Intel report is very solid but the market is up nine of the 10 trading days so far in October. Doesn't the action over the prior two weeks indicate that investors saw this good news coming and have priced it in? We'll find out as the day progresses but at the moment there are plenty of folks prepared to buy this open as they fear being left behind yet again as we climb still higher.
Even if you are leery about how extended this market is, it is difficult to be overtly bearish given the number of folks who are battling major underperformance. The underinvested, underperforming bulls keep hoping and praying for some sort of pullback that will allow them to do some buying. They are so frustrated that they take advantage of the most minor of pullbacks.
So the stage is set: It's all good news, and we are going to gap up at the open and the chips are going to lead the way. What we have to watch for is whether a sell-the-good-news reaction kicks in. After solid reports yesterday morning it looked like we were going to sell off but the market strengthened as the day wore on and we closed solidly.
We obviously will have to keep a close watch on Intel and the chips. Can they hold the opening gains and build on them? If we pull back from a strong open, how long will the dip buyers contain themselves before throwing money at the market?
It's going to be a particularly interesting day. As things progress the focus will shift to a long list of earnings reports due after the close tonight, and important economic data in the morning.
Put on your lucky trading hat and get ready to rumble.
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