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Technology Stocks : Applied Materials No-Politics Thread (AMAT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: advocatedevil who wrote (414)11/9/2001 10:03:08 PM
From: Proud_Infidel  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25522
 
AD,

In this environment, predictions as to what fab utilization levels will be in 12 months out are about as useful as predictions as to what DRAM pricing will be 12 months out. In any environment, it's a guessing game; but in this environment, where we have not yet seen the effects of the economic and fiscal stimulus, making predictions at the very bottom is a fool's game IMHO, though I will continue to post, since that is really all we have. I value the thoughts of STMicroelectronics Dauvin(quoted in one of the articles), since he has been more accurate than most that I have followed, and he will make predictions, even very unpopular ones, without hesitation.

Assuming the stimulus kicks in, I believe the SCE sector will make a sharp upswing as nobody wants to be left standing at the station with a ticket in hand but no seat. These stocks move well in advance of the fundamentals, as we witnessed last year when AMAT started to crater while still reporting record earnings and revenue. As for me, I have my ticket and I am waiting patiently in my seat for the conducter to announce "all aboard":-)

Regards,

Brian



To: advocatedevil who wrote (414)11/10/2001 7:20:40 PM
From: Alastair McIntosh  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25522
 
advocatedevil, you posted:

If Zandman's comments are indicative of what other CEOs might be thinking, then I've got to wonder just how long it will take for some of these folks to begin considering capacity buys again.


Here's an idiot that thinks capacity buys will not show up until 2004.

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