>>yesterday's action was probably tied to strength in the $SOX on the set-top box deal for MOT and the new Goldman guy starting some of the gear players.
The Goldman init was out before the market open and the graphs reflect it, as well as the characteristic patten of the rest of the market -- gap-up open, flat for a while, big dump starting at 1:45, some recovery toward the close. AMAT, NVLS, LRCX, UTEK all look this way.
Same deal with the $SOX -- MOT, INTC, TXN, LLTC all have the same pattern, and then I stopped gathering data. MU was truly on its own yesterday.
BTW, check out a 5-day graph of AMAT -- there's a clear panic to buy the stock the day before the upgrade. Goldman really needs to be a little more careful about leaking their information to college buddies, cousins, etc. |