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Technology Stocks : Lucent Technologies (LU) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Anonymous who wrote (21783)	9/13/2005 1:07:14 PM
From: David Hansen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21876

Interesting WSJ article... Lucent was the most actively traded stock on the New York Stock Exchange in 2004, and remains high on the list. Analysts attribute the robust volume to Lucent's low price and large number of shares outstanding. Here's an excerpt from the debate surrounding Lucent's outlook. THE BULL CASE: Analysts have cited strength from Lucent's wireless deployments, including new business from Verizon Wireless and Cingular. Network upgrades from the newly combined Sprint Nextel could generate as much as $200 million in revenue for Lucent, analysts say. Lucent may benefit from new contract awards in the coming months as carriers finalize their 2006 spending plans. This likely will be a boon for Lucent shares. THE BEAR CASE: Lucent is adjusting too slowly to the switch from fixed-line telecom to Internet-based technologies, analysts say. The company's next-generation VOIP infrastructure won't build business quickly enough to offset holes in the traditional product portfolio, they fear. Lucent also isn't up to speed in providing equipment for Ethernet technology, used by Internet-service providers in the hot market to supply high-speed connections to customers, some analysts say. [WSJ, 9/12] Discussion?

To: Anonymous who wrote (21783)	9/20/2005 4:08:25 PM
From: Anonymous	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21876

I guess all the *"market investors"* must have read my post where I said I was going to get out of my position in LUCENT a few days before the company announces earnings on October 18 coming up. Stock's been sinking ever since I wrote that! I'll be lucky if it gets back to $3.10 before I make my move. I should have dumped it back on July 13 when it closed at $3.21, a week before the company announced earnings on July 19 when the stock closed at $3.02 ... ANON