David Powers Quotations
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Behind Quotes
Motorola finally has the wind behind their back, ... The semiconductor industry is in the early stages of a recovery. We're really seeing the profitability of Motorola start to improve. We think that will continue over the next two quarters and during the second half of the year as well.
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Asia Quotes
Keep in mind that it's only a six-month delay, so it's not catastrophic ... (But) right now there are a lot of clouds in the sky. There's speculation that their second quarter will be difficult. There's the problems in Asia and the sluggish Japanese economy. A lot of things don't bode well in the near term.
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Excellent Quotes
I think investors are really pleased with what they heard about the future guidance for the second half. We think that the second half will indeed turn out to be better for Intel. It's seasonally stronger for them. At the same time, they're doing an excellent job reducing their cost.
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Believe Quotes
I think, first of all, the semiconductor sector had been oversold. This was one area, the technology market that just did not perform well over the past few months. There is a lot of concern with investors whether or not this current upturn in the semiconductor industry has peaked. There is a huge debate going on whether or not we still have any growth left. And, our view has also been that, yes, we believe this is more of a seasonal slowdown than any prolonged downturn for the industry. So we think there is some legs left in the semiconductor cycle. And as a result, we would be a buyer of some of these stocks.
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Bigger Quotes
Microsoft had a big part in yesterday's Nasdaq decline, ... But I think the bigger picture is really that we saw a massive flight to quality, and that was illustrated by the performance of the Dow versus that of the Nasdaq. We saw money being shifted out of the more speculative names, and into the more established companies that have proven track records.
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Believe Quotes
There's no real clear conviction in this market. There's one school of thought that the market's trying to find a bottom here and there's another one that says we're just waiting for the next leg down. I personally believe that we're going to trade sideways here for a while. I think there's really no catalyst either way to drive the market much higher in the near term or for that matter on the down side as well,
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Aspect Quotes
If you look at Motorola over the past couple of years, they've really spent the bulk of their time downsizing, ... But now . . . they really like to focus more on the growth aspect of the equation, and if you look at one of the fastest growing markets in technology, it's certainly broadband access.