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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (103380)2/20/1999 4:12:00 PM
From: jim kelley  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 176387
 
Hmmm.... I thought European unit growth was headed up. Well I guess we need to specify what time periods we are talking about.

APJ unit growth should be well up this year and I would expect that Europe as well will be up. In the US unit growth rate is expected to be the same as last year. Most of this is being propelled by the Internet expansion.

You can make the argument that ASP will be decreasing but I will argue that component prices are stabilizing and the decrease will not be as rapid. Also, the growth rate of the subzero market is slowing dramatically.

The channel stuffing by the indirect last year also caused increased pressure on the ASP's because of their need to dump rapidly obsolescing inventory. It appears that the stuffing this year is maybe half that of last year. Thus the ASP pressure will be reduced due to that factor.

New product releases by INTC should spur demand from knowledgeable users and DELL should benefit the most short term because their pipes are clean.

While I have not done an accurate calculation, it is fairly clear that the dollar value of the PC market has been declining for a couple of years due to the AMD competition and the development of the subzero market. Evidence of this is seen in the earning of companies like IBM, CPQ, Packard BELL , etc. The total dollar value of this market will probably INCREASE this year. In any event, DELL is a special case within the PC market and I expect them to continue to prosper with substantial revenue and profit increases.

So it looks like a stock pickers market within this product segment.
I am making money and will my interest in this segment is proportional to my profits.

JK



To: Knighty Tin who wrote (103380)2/21/1999 7:29:00 AM
From: D. Swiss  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 176387
 
MB, according to IDC, INCREASED EUROPEAN DEMAND expected to boost world worldwide PC sales. OOPS, I guess you must have better information.

techweb.com

:0)

Drew




To: Knighty Tin who wrote (103380)2/21/1999 7:30:00 AM
From: Sig  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 176387
 
MDB:
Despite your well written posts,logical arguments and exquisite timing on calling a down period for Dell, I do not believe you are
scheduled for Bear of the Decade honors if you now continue to short the mighty Dell.
Heres why:
Despite the October drops, suspected stock manipulations, triple
witches,Greenspan talks, Japan bank failures, under $1k competition,here is how Dell has performed:
From data stretching back up to two years
Typical number of sequential 'down' days
* 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3,4
Conclusions: When Dell goes down it goes down fast. Big money
is out in a hurry on bad news.One sacrifice I make as a long term holder is to watch the stock go down overnite with no warning
and no recourse.
Typical number of sequential 'down' weeks:
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2
Conclusion: Dell has now gone down for one week. Looks like one chance in ten of it dropping next week, with an 80% chance of it
staying flat or going up. And Mikie speaks.
Typical number of sequential 'up' days :
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,3,4,9
Conclusion : When it starts up, its likely to go up 2 or more
days in row. I guess thats good. And it does not seem wise
to risk being 'out' of Dell
Typical number of sequential 'up' weeks:
1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,4,5
Conclusion: When Dell starts up she goes on a tear of about 2 to 4 weeks which is very obvious in the charts. In fact its often only 34 days between new highs.
A real bear killer. Beware of charging bull herds. Stay well back from the train tracks
As the song goes-"Ya gotta know when to hold them, know when to fold 'em"

*Note: The daily ups and downs are not very significant, since the stock could drop one day, recover slightly the next day, and then drop further the next day,etc.
Past Dell bears (RIP) ( Candlestick, Hank) did actually enter
near a Dell peak Failed to call the bottom. There will be a bottom.
Its your call.
Try this line from Drew's last post: Dell's
unit shipments, meanwhile, are in full throttle,
jumping 67.6 percent for outside the United
States and 65 percent in the United States.
Sig