Was gleich passiert, wenn die NYSE öffnet...

Bei Apple stehen ebenfalls Quartalszahlen an, die die Aktie des US-Computerherstellers ins Rampenlicht rücken dürften. Dank der anhaltend starken Nachfrage nach ipods dürfte der Konzern sein Ergebnis auch im zweiten Quartal des Geschäftsjahres 2004/05 kräftig gesteigert haben. Die von dem Finanzdienstleister Thomson First Call befragten 22 Experten rechnen im Durchschnitt mit einem Gewinn pro Aktie (EPS) von 0,24 Dollar. Im Vorjahreszeitraum hatte Apple ein EPS auf vergleichbarer Basis von 0,07 Dollar erzielt.

Am Vortag hatten Aussagen der US-Notenbank Fed zur Inflation die US-Börsen den Handel angetrieben. Der Dow Jones stieg um 0,57 Prozent auf 10 507,97 Punkte, der marktbreite S & P-500-Index kletterte 0,56 Prozent auf 1 187,64 Zähler. An der Nasdaq erhöhte sich der Composite-Index um 0,67 Prozent auf 2005,40 Zähler, der Nasdaq 100 legte um 0,72 Prozent auf 1 489,16 Punkte zu.

Quelle: HANDELSBLATT, Mittwoch, 13. April 2005, 14:55 Uhr

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   Der Einsame Samariter

Baltimore, MD

Sideways Trend is Not Our Friend

For most of the day yesterday, we just wanted to crawl under a rock and die. The market was down about 80 points and sinking fast on trade deficit concerns. But, just as we were about to switch off our monitors in disgust, the bulls crawled out from under their rocks and the market attempted a mini-comeback after the Fed's minutes hit the Street.

 

The minutes showed that Alan Greenspan and his Fed buddies are more worried about inflationary pressures now than they were as recently as January, and that the risks are now "tilted to the upside" over the next few quarters.

 

While you might think that's bad news, and not worthy of a market rebound, the Fed said these fears weren't enough to warrant a faster pace of interest rates hikes. It kept the "measured pace" wording and noted that strong productivity gains would probably keep inflation in check.

 

***Our cohort Christian DeHaemer weighed in from across the room: "We have come to the juncture of the three-year trend line. The market has been trading sideways for a year and half. This signals that we are in the throes of a huge volatile movement. We cannot continue on this sideways path. The problem is...we don't know whether that will be up or down! We are waiting for a more definitive signal."




It's not as if falling oil prices are helping the market much. They fall, the market falls. They rise, the market still falls. And it doesn't help that the economy is struggling with the U.S. trade gap numbers released just yesterday. Surprisingly, the dollar rallied on the news based solely on speculation that the widened gap was already priced into the currency market.

 

Besides the Fed news, there are about 31 companies releasing earnings this week. According to reports, earnings “are expected to have risen 8.3 percent from the first quarter of 2004.” The next earnings spotlight will shine brightly on Apple (AAPL:NASDAQ) , which will report tonight.

 

 

***July 22, 2005 is the day that will financially paralyze 72 million American homeowners (and it could make you an astounding $212,500 in 8 months.
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