| First Things First: Ending 3/2/07 The RF to Light 100 dropped 5.9%, YTD -.1% at 2456. NASDAQ down 5.8%, YTD -1.9%. The market sector fiber optic components were hit hardest, i.e. down 9%. I am sorry for failing to give advanced notice. I wish I took my secondary “market overbought” indicators more to heart! I also wish Alan Greenspan had kept his mouth shut! 2 Weeks ago I reported that we are in a narrow trading range between oversold and overbought. Today my oversold market indicator stands at 81% = oversold. Initial financial reports ending Dec. 06 indicate: Revenue trend declining, financial strength improved but with a declining trend. In the News: Stock markets declined around the world followed by Alan Greenspan’s comment about a possible but not probable recession in the US end of 2007. Consumer confidence rose in February to a 5.1/2 year high. Inflation dropped to 2.08% in January, the ISM manufacturing index jumped to 52.3 in February. We will have more global report cards next week. Aeroflex struck a deal to be bought by private equity firms for about $ 1 billion. Stock holders would receive $ 13.50 a share; Friday’s closing was $ 11.01. JDS Uniphase has agreed to acquire Picolight for about $ 125 million. PIS (personal investment system): Within 5 year low: Exar, Zhone, Verizon, Solectron, 3Com, Bookham, Microsoft, Maxim, Intel, Conexant, Powerwave
Within 2 year low: JDSU, Edo, Alcatel-Lucent, Cree, Sycamore, Flextronics.
Within 5 year high: EXITED: Harris, HP Compaq, Nokia, MEMC, Cisco, Atheros, Crown, Comcast.
Within 2 year high: JOINED : EMS, Nokia. EXITED: Amkor, T-Mobile, Anadigics, Time Warner, Nortel, Applied Materials, MRV. Market Oversold Indicator: increased to 81% (80% = market oversold). Market Overbought Indicator: Top Five: | Last Week: | Harmonic (+5%), Sprint (4%), Agere (2%), LSI (2%), Herley (0%) | | Year to Date: | Anadigics (+33%), Harmonic (31%0, Hittite (29%), MEMC (28%), Amkor (21%) | Bottom Five: | Last Week: | MRV (-18%), Ciena (-17%), ADC (-11%), Mindspeed (-11%), Solectron (-10%) | | Year to Date: | Bookham (-38%), Oplink (-23%), Powerwave (-19%), Rogers (-18%), ATC (-18%) | | |
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| By Sectors: | | Space & Defense: | -4%,YTD +1%
| | Communic. Services: | -4%, YTD -2%
| | Network Systems : | -8%, YTD -3%
| | RF Semiconductors: | -6%, YTD +9%
| | RF Components: | -6%, YTD -5%
| | F/O Components: | -9%, YTD -5%
| | Miscell.: | -6%, YTD -3% | |
