Entering A Small Micron Technology Position Ahead of Philly Index (MU)
I’ve been watching Micron (MU) for a few months now, and I think the semi’s could really run tomorrow on a favorable Philly Fed Index. It won’t be fundamentally based so much as inventory building, but Micron’s price represents a solid entry point on its own merits. It has some balance sheet strength, and there’s [...]
FedEx, Texas Instruments - Two Warnings, Two Very Different Results (FDX, TXN)
It’s just been raining guidance the past few days. Some companies are dropping it altogether, a few are reaffirming prior cuts, and many more are taking an axe to Q4 and 2009 estimates.
Two particularly noteworthy guidance changes came out after the bell Monday, as FedEx (FDX) and Texas Instruments (TXN) both set new (read: tentative) [...]
NVIDIA Thesis for Secular Trends Portfolio
In the haste to get some positions picked up late in the day Thursday after the announcement of the game-changing Treasury deal for mortgage assets, I neglected to outline our buy thesis for each position.
I was able to snap up a 2% position (1830 shares) of graphics chipmaker NVIDIA (NVDA) late in the day for [...]
Dell Reports Q2 Earnings; Who Thought This Would Turn Out Well?
There was a modest batch of semiconductor and consumer tech related companies reporting earnings today, with Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) being the feature tone-setter. They came in with a 3-cent miss (after backing out those pesky “business realignment” charges), saw gross margins drop 120 basis points sequentially, and investors are bracing themselves for [...]
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