Ted Parrish
Ted Parrish
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For the most part, tech in general is not ahead of itself as long as the third and fourth quarter numbers come in on target.
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Invest in quality. I wouldn't be putting 30 percent of my portfolio in tech at this time.
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Tech has had a great run, but it's going to take good first quarter of 2004 forecasts to justify the stocks going higher,
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Generally, tech is still healthy. People were getting irrational with expectations. Just because a company is a little light on sales or earnings doesn't mean the sector is doing badly,
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I do believe that options are compensation but I don't think expensing them is going to affect valuations of tech stocks very much,
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This is a mistake for Coke. Pepsi is going after the right market. Younger audiences are going to buy more of Pepsi Blue. I don't see any edge in vanilla.
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Semi stocks won't do anything until we get guidance about estimates for 2004. Otherwise, the stocks will get really overheated.
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It's Motorola. They've been habitual offenders when it comes to earnings warnings.
missing
I think they will make their numbers. I can't see them missing and not pre-announcing this time,
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Dell is not the cheapest stock in the world.
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Large caps have the most leverage and will perform better on the earnings front, which should translate into better price performance.
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Hopefully, Dell will pick up market share due to all the distractions its competitors are facing.
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If the Disney name resonates with the Chinese consumer, it would be a huge coup for the company,
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Because everyone is expecting a weak Christmas, the market is in for a surprise because I don't think American consumers are going to cut back on spending.