I agree. There is a gulf between what Dell sees and INTC sees. Dell is closer to the ground and INTC are masters of manipulating inventory and earnings.
Here's a 1 second/bar YM. The move to 8375 may be 'real'. The next 2 black bars are clearly the leading pair of a 420 point YM pump and dump. Fits in nicely with OE week though. lj
Report: 2009 to be PC industry's worst year since dot-com implosion by Erica Ogg At the end of this year, the number of PCs shipped is expected to be lower than the previous year, a rarity for the industry. In fact, it would be the first time that's happened since 2001, when the tech world collapsed in on itself, according to market research firm iSuppli. A report released Tuesday by iSuppli is projecting that 287.3 million PCs will be shipped in 2009, a 4 percent decrease from the 299.2 million shipped around the world in 2008.
Now we will wake up to futures up 1.00% gap open the cash, sell down a few then flat line all day. Just like we did today.
Only a fool would short a 500bps jump in margins. It has done nothing but rally since this thread started. $18.20 last.