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Futures are trading up as Europe is up on an oversold rally.
Elsewhere:
1) Hewlett-Packard [HPQ
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Hewlett has two problems: demand is way down, and prices are under pressure.
Revenues were down across the board: Personal Systems (30 percent of revenues) down 19 percent, Printers (25 percent of revenues) down 19 percent, and Enterprise Servers (15 percent of revenues) down 18 percent.
Services (25 percent of revenues) was the exception: up 116 percent (remember, they now own EDS).
Second quarter guidance of $0.84-$0.86 is light vs. analyst expectations of $0.90. Full year guidance is $3.76-3.88 from from $3.88-$4.03 previous guidance. Revenue is now expected to be down 2-5%, which is also below expectations.
Dell [DELL
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2) More aggressive on energy? ExxonMobil [XOM
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] downgraded at Bernstein, but other energy names upgraded.
Exxon has been a monster outperformer since the September colllapse, down only 10 percent vs. declines of 30 percent for the Amex Oil Index and 35 percent for the S&P 500.
That's because Exxon is a classic defensive stock in a declining stock and commodity environment.
So what's the problem? Paul Cheng, who is a respected oil analyst at Bernstein, wants to get into companies that have a greater commodity exposure--he implies there is limited upside to continuing being defensive, and with the outlook as grim as it can be for energy there is limited downside to getting more aggressive.
UPDATE/Correction: Mr. Cheng works at Barclays, not Berstein
He upgrades: Transocean, Chesapeake Energy, Noble, Rowan, and Ensco.
3) Sprint Nextel [S
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4) CVS Caremark [CVS
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- Yes, Now A Genocide-Free ETF
- What Matters Most on The Floor
- Wal-Mart And Kohl's Beat—But Cautious Outlook
- After The Bell Big Announcement: HP To Acquire 3Com
- New Highs On Lousy Volume—What's Up?
- The New Dow Target
- Wall Street Fears Dodd Bill
- Have Loan Losses Peaked for European Banks?
- Dow Industrials at New Highs—But Other Indices Lag
- Risk Trade Is Back On
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