“Altera (ALTR) and Xilinx (XLNX), two companies that in the 1990s used to routinely blow out the numbers, lifting Cisco (CSCO) with them, issued statements last night and just now that give the Nasdaq a reason to rally. They have guided up or said things aren't that bad, which are precursors to higher prices. Given that the Nasdaq is and has been a place of hope, these two will be used to generate a rally, perhaps of some significance, in the beaten-down SOX, and that will allow others -- including cell phones and networking players like Cisco -- to feel jaunty. Especially after the DRAM exchange recorded unprecedented declines of more than 10% in memory chip prices last week. Now, it doesn't matter of course that these are small-time bumps. They are, put simply, a sense that things aren't falling off a cliff at this moment and they allow people to say "the worst is over." That phrase, the most costly phrase around, gives hope that Cisco and EMC (EMC) -- what was that legal nonsense, ugh -- and of course Intel (INTC) and Microsoft (MSFT) can trade higher. And so forth, and so on. I say enjoy it. Maybe even take something; I took some Cisco yesterday. But never forget that the days when either of these two companies is a harbinger of anything have long since past.”

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