| First Things First: In the week ending March 16, 2007, the RF to Light 100 dropped 0.1%, YTD +2% at 2500. NASDQ down 0.6%. Qualcomm (up 10%) settled some of the lawsuits with Broadcom (up 1%). In the News: Another rough week on Wall Street. New U.S. inflation fears and concerns that the U.S. subprime mortgage market could disrupt the global economy caused a sharp sell-off mid-week. The Dow Jones ended down 1.4%, S&P 500 down 1.1%. The Dollar is at a three-month low to the Euro, at 0.7509. The good news is that the growth rate of the WLI index increased to 3.7% from 3.3%, bouncing back to a five-week high. Based on this indicator current recession fears are not justified. PIS (personal investment system): Within 5 year low: JOINED: Maxim and Zhone
Within 2 year low: no change
Within 5 year high: JOINED: Atheros
Within 2 year high: JOINED: Avici Market Oversold Indicator: up to 80% (80% = oversold) Market Overbought Indicator: Top Five: | Last Week: | Vitesse (+13%), Qualcomm (10%), Avici (8%), 3Com (7%), Oplink (6%) | | Year to Date: | Harmonic (+42%), Anadigics (41%), MEMC (41%), Hittite (27%), Amkor (26%) | Bottom Five: | Last Week: | Fairchild (-8%), Mindspeed (-7%), Rogers (-7%), Conexant (-6%), Ciena (-6%) | | Year to Date: | Bookham (-42%0, Rogers (-23%), Powerwave (-20%), Conexant (-19%), Oplink (-17%) | | |
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| By Sectors: | | Space & Defense: | 0%,YTD +3%
| | Communic. Services: | -1%, YTD -2%
| | Network Systems : | +1%, YTD -1%
| | RF Semiconductors: | -1%, YTD +11%
| | RF Components: | +1%, YTD -2%
| | F/O Components: | -1%, YTD -5%
| | Miscell.: | 0%, YTD -1% | |
