After tomorrow’s close we’ll get to see how Apple’s quarter turned out, but more importantly we’ll get a first look at the guidance ahead that includes the previously unincluded numbers for the Apple set-top…
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Samsung posts strong Q4, drops 2007 capex – 1/12/2007 – Electronic News Samsung has dropped its capex for the coming year. The company said that it…
Nomura, the largest brokerage firm in Japan, has reported that the Playstation3 will only hit 75% of its sales goal for the period ending March 31, 2007. Their financial forecast is that Sony will…
If Sony (SNE) is anywhere close to Mudville, there is no joy there. The sales for Playstation3 sales during December were routed by Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox and the Nintendo Wii. According to NPD, which…
Sales of the Playstation3 have fallen well short of expectations in the critical Japanese market Research firm Enterbrain says that Sony (SNE) sold a little over 534,000 PS3 units from its November 11 launch…
For those of us who have spent years on the floor of the Consumer Electronics floor, one thing stands out. Ninety percent of the thousands of items on display never make it to the…
Over the next week 24/7 Wall St. will set mid-year price targets (June, 30, 2007) for the sixty most widely traded stocks. These targets will be based on past price performance, industry activity, forward…
Stocks: (SNE)(MSFT) Bill Gates thinks the Xbox will overtake Sony’s Playstation3 as the top video game platform. Microsoft was ahead of its goal to ship 10 million Xbox units last year. MSFT is also…
Dell (DELL) is now trading down about 2% pre-market after the PC maker was cut to ‘Underweight’ from a Neutral at JPMorgan. The shares were down only about 1% earlier. What is odd here…
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We already heard from Best Buy (BBY) and Circuit City (CC) that price competition on flat-panel television sets was hurting profit margins. Holidaysales Blog – WSJ.com…
From William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We have commented before on how Sony’s (SNE) tried to bite off more than they could chew with the PS3 gaming system. Now, a bizarre statement…
NPD market research says that digital camera sales will surpass expectations for 2006. Sales though November rose 24% compared to last year. Given that total units sales for this year should be double 2003,…
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Circuit City swings to unexpected loss on price cuts – MarketWatch Shares in Circuit City Stores Inc. (CC) fell sharply Tuesday after the company reported a…
For awhile this year, it looked like Sony’s stock might never recover from its battery recalls and Playstation 3 delays. But, things have started to move Sony’s way. After opening the year at $41,…
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We recently noted that the price-fixing investigation of LCD makers seemed a little tough to prove, given that the industry pricing model still looks awfully broken.…