David Faber & Joe Kernan (barely) on CNBC:
David: You would think joe, that -- and you said this earlier, that dell's woes, if you want to call them that, would be micron 's gain. Wouldn't that be sort of [s]elf evident?
Joe: Yeah.
David: However, there is an interesting story developing in the dram world where micron , of course, operates. Bear stearns this morning and salomon smith barney both saying some negative things about micron And salomon smith barney, as i told you earlier, downgrading the stock significantly. And also taking their price target down from 150 to $70 a share. The reason appears to be a response from customers of micron They're fighting back in a way saying we're not going to take this anymore, these higher prices. And so, we are seeing companies deacon figure [reconfigure?] system that would require 128 megabits, go to 64, which theoretically cuts demand in half, though not actually......
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That said, it looks like 63 is going to be pretty well-defended for a while. The forced march out of 62 1/8 was only about 20 minutes long, and I guess they're just hoping that they can unload on the rise in the broad markets. I'll be looking again for a buy on a broad-market drop in the afternoon, say 1:30 (a favorite time) or so. |