Kayaknya beritanya terkesan "mengerikan" ya.. Padahal DJI fut - 0.33 % Nasdaq fut -0.58 % S&P 500 fut -0.46 %
Kalo Microssoft profitnya turun wajar, karena krismon banyak yang beralih ke open source. Kedepan, musuh utama microsoft adalah open source ini.. Salam, ND On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 8:23 AM, dunia ini indah <pusatdu...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > > > > U.S. Stock Futures Fall on Microsoft, American Express, Amazon > > Published: Friday, 24 Jul 2009 - Bloomberg > http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aPlycL0a_BH4 > > July 24 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock futures fell, indicating the Standard & > Poor’s 500 Index will slump after climbing to an eight-month high, as > Microsoft Corp., American Express Co. and Amazon.com Inc. posted > disappointing quarterly results. > > Microsoft retreated 6.9 percent on lower profit and sales than analysts > estimated. American Express slipped 5 percent after saying earnings > decreased as the recession made it harder for cardholders to keep up with > payments. Amazon.com lost 6.6 percent following price cuts that caused the > online retailer’s revenue to miss projections. > > S&P 500 futures expiring in September declined 0.4 percent to 965.20 at 9 > a.m. in Tokyo. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures dropped 29 points, or > 0.3 percent, to 8,962. U.S. stocks surged yesterday, sending the Dow above > 9,000 for the first time since January, as EBay Inc., Ford Motor Co. and > AT&T Inc. beat estimates and home resales increased more than forecast. > > “At these levels in the market, there’s not a lot of room for error,” said > Mark Freeman, who helps manage $7.5 billion at Westwood Management Corp. in > Dallas. “Anything that deviates brings about a reevaluation by the market.” > > Yesterday, the S&P 500 climbed to the highest level since President Barack > Obama was elected on Nov. 4, advancing 2.3 percent to 976.29. The Dow gained > 188.03 points, or 2.1 percent, to 9,069.29, the highest since one session > after Election Day. The Nasdaq Composite Index surged 2.5 percent to > 1,973.60 for a 12th straight gain, its longest winning streak since 1992. > > Record Pace > > Microsoft, American Express and Amazon.com’s worse-than- estimated results > followed two weeks of earnings reports that exceeded projections. Among S&P > 500 companies that have posted second-quarter results, 74.1 percent beat the > average analyst forecast, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That > would be the highest full-quarter figure on record, Bloomberg data going > back to 1993 show. Three-hundred three S&P 500 companies have yet to report > for the period. > > Microsoft fell 6.9 percent to $23.80 in late trading in New York. The > biggest software maker reported a 29 percent drop in fiscal fourth-quarter > earnings and posted sales that missed analysts’ estimates, a sign that > demand for Windows and Office software is still declining. Per-share profit > excluding some items was 36 cents, missing the average forecast by 2.4 > percent. > > American Express retreated 5 percent to $27.99. The credit- card issuer > reported second-quarter sales of $6.09 billion, or 1.4 percent less than > analysts projected. Net income from continuing operations decreased 48 > percent to $342 million. > > Free Shipping > > Amazon.com lost 6.6 percent to $87.66. The world’s largest Internet > retailer has sought to ward off competitors by cutting prices and adding > products, such as low-cost laptops and outdoor equipment. Its low prices and > free-shipping offers have started to eat into profit, said Aaron Kessler, an > analyst at Kaufman Brothers LP. Sales of $4.65 billion were 1 percent less > than analysts estimated on average. > > EBay rallied 11 percent yesterday as its earnings signaled consumers’ > appetite for online commerce is starting to recover. Ford jumped 9.4 percent > after topping analyst estimates by paring expenses and adding market share. > AT&T added 2.6 percent as new customers of Apple Inc.’s iPhone bolstered > profit. D.R. Horton Inc. led all 13 stocks in an index of homebuilders > higher as sales of existing homes increased for a third straight month. > Before yesterday, the Dow last exceeded 9,000 on Jan. 6. > > “With the round number of 9,000 not being there for a significant amount of > time, it’s encouraging,” Michael Koskuba, who helps oversee $44 billion at > Victory Capital Management Inc. in New York, said of yesterday’s rally. > “It’s really a result of companies reporting better-than-expected news. > That’s encouraging given that we are in a difficult economic environment" > > > -- add FB dengan email: nyari...@gmail.com
