The Semiconductor sector appears to be re-taking leadership The broad Semiconductor sector is hinting to take back its leadership over big Tech and possibly the broad SPX as well on…
The tradition is as old as Wall Street itself, I'd think. In my experience it goes back to the Tech/Internet bubble, proceeds on through the Uranium bubble, Oil bubble and…
When we were originally alerted to the coming slowdown in Semi Equipment, my industry contact had been working to a Q4 2018 to Q1 2019 game plan for cyclical recovery.…
On November 21, 2017 we noted... Semi Equipment Spending Record, 2018 Growth, But… With the key being the "but... " Per that post... What got me checking into the SEMI…
We began tracking this negative divergence in NFTRH last year as the leadership of two premier Semi Equipment companies began to decelerate vs. the broad sector. Over time the ugly…
I am having trouble logging into Fidelity and thus managing my own affairs, so time is limited and this post contains no fundamental facts to back up the title other…
What got me checking into the SEMI data is a goofy MarketWatch article featuring a fund manager who owns the FAANG type stocks at 30 multiples, but has found relative…
I took profits on a couple of items in order to seed into some non-starters that I feel will do well for as long as the stock mania is intact. …
You know that when I write a title like that or highlight a potential baby (read: short-term implications only) H&S on AMAT the words are not written by a hopeful…
While some might want us to focus solely on the big layoff at Cisco, why don't we stay with what is actually happening. What is actually happening is that there…
A semi ‘+’ update (pun completely unintended) on Applied Materials being sent to all subscribers (as opposed to email opt-ins) due to our macro theme developing in the Semi Equipment sector.
With the disclaimer that this is a noisy week and I do not trust the broad market’s short-term price signals, I want to stick 100% with the technicals on the Semi Equipment sector to go with the current bullish (fundamental) forward view. As such, here is AMAT, a headline equipment company which, you may recall, issued a stellar quarterly release several weeks ago that we combined with early Book-to-Bill signals to begin developing our view.
These bottom feeder plays can be difficult because they do not have established trends like momentum plays. Unfortunately, a momo is not who I am. A bottom feeder is who…