Martin Pyykkonen
Martin Pyykkonen
quarter
The expectations going into the quarter weren't very high. Overall, it was an in-line quarter with in-line guidance.
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Investors are treating eBay as the safest stock in the Internet, ... The good news for eBay is they have a defensible monopoly and it's hard to crack that.
revenue thinking
It confirms what I've been thinking about revenue deceleration.
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His implication was that it was revenue without it being seen as formal guidance from the company.
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I am certainly in the camp that this rumor makes little sense. If eBay were to make this sort of move it would basically be admitting that 'our core market is decelerating.
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The sentiment is tired in terms of the Internet universe.
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Lucent doesn't have the position in data networking that Cisco and Juniper Networks have, ... They are strongest in optical networking; in wireless they are competitive but in the middle of the pack; and data networking is their Achilles heel.
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The profitability of the business hasn't been any better than it has been. It is still low margins and price-competitive. The question investors should ask is if Amazon is a retailer or an Internet stock. I would argue that it is a retailer.
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There is definitely a bit of a 'wow factor' here. The (company's) earnings are looking better than you could have imagined in your wildest dreams.
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The product rumors are secondary to the positive sentiment among investors heading into the first-quarter results.