First Things First:

The RF to Light 100 rose 0.2% last week to 2486. NASDAQ dropped 0.7% to 2435. The RF semiconductor market rose 3% and stands now at +5% year-to-date. All other market segments changed little.

A survey by Merrill Lynch showed that 41% of domestic fund managers are pouring more money into tech stocks compared to 23% last November. MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR) reported 100% profit growth in 4Q06 - stock up 16%. RF Microdevices reported four-fold profit increase and record sales - stock up 13%. Endwave expects 2006 revenues up 25% as backhaul data rates continue to about double every year - stock up 12%. 4Q06 proforma sales of Alcatel-Lucent declined 16% year-on-year and operating profit will just break even compared to 11% margin a year earlier. Qualcomm warns on escalating legal costs to defend their patents. Cingular's customer increase lifts AT&T.

In the News:

US economy shows signs of new vigor; hopes for Fed rate cut fades on Wall Street: the weekly leading index edged up to 4.5% growth rate, UBS investor optimism increased from 90 to 109 (Nov vs Dec). Consumer price index increased to 2.54%. US's technology superiority (versus China) is not in grave danger. In 2005, foreign-invested enterprises produced 58% of China's total exports, but fully 88% of high technology exports. And Taiwan-owned enterprises produced 60% of China's exports of computers and handsets.

PIS (personal investment system):

5 year lows: Conexant, Zhone, Exar, Vitesse, Maxim, Verizon
2 year lows: Alltel joined, Sanmina, Microsemi exited.
5 year highs: AT&T, Nokia joined, Alltel, Oplink exited.
2 year highs: Anadigics, Avaya exited.

New Highs:

AGR, AMK, AMT, COL, HLIT, LMT, MSFT, NOC, SI, T, WFR

New Lows:

COMS

Market Oversold Indicator:

up to 80% (80% indicates that the market is oversold).

Market Overbought Indicator:

up to 60%

Top Five:

Last Week:

Memc (+16%), RF Micro (13%), Endwave (12%), Corning (10%), Texas Instruments (9%)

Year to Date:

Memc (34%), Harmonic (22%), ATC (20%), Spectrum (17%), RF Microdevices (16%)

Bottom Five:

Last Week:

Conexant (-10%), Alcatel-Lucent (-10%), Vitesse (-9%), Zhone (-8%), Avici (-7%)

Year to Date:

Bookham (-29%), Rogers (-12%), Conexant (-12%), Motorola (-11%), Advanced Energy (-10%)

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By Sectors:

Space & Defense:

-1%,YTD 0%

Communic. Services:

-1%, YTD +1%

Network Systems :

-1%, YTD 0%

RF Semiconductors:

+3%, YTD +5%

RF Components:

+1%, YTD -1%

F/O Components:

0%, YTD 0%

Miscell.:

+1%, YTD 0%