Pip Coburn Quotations

So far there's very little evidence of excess inventory and 1Q 04 expectations seem reasonable to us relative to historical norms.

There is probably not going to be a recovery until 2003. I expect the suffering to continue and impact most of the telecom stocks.

Folks 'get' the idea of a potential mania on flat panel televisions and that Corning may be one of the few successful large cap ways to play the trend.

No way should Lucent's numbers be viewed as a sign that the business is turning around. They're coming off a horrible base.

Third quarter and fourth quarter earnings estimates need to come down dramatically.

This is yet another failed attempt to jam everything into one device. The way I see it, they don't really know what they want it to be.

Absolutely nothing is getting more positive. We need fundamental evidence to spur a long-term rally.

The age-old reaction to Microsoft doing something is 'It's not going to bother us,' but when Microsoft decides to turn up the heat, you really do have to watch out.

Investors are moving from telescopic-themed-excessive-multiple creatures to microscopic-near-term-earnings-fearing-lower-multiple folks.

Investors were hoping for some white knight to pop in and save Lucent.

For tech multiples to significantly reverse direction, investors will need to feel comfortable about fundamentals again...including earnings estimates, IT spending trends, and macro issues.