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Some Holiday Shopping and Browsing Page 2 Model Portfolio Changes Issue 296: Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007 In This Issue Page 1 Telecom Overview: Some Holiday Shopping and Browsing Page 2 Model Portfolio Changes Page 3 Looking to the Sun Page 7 The Telecom Connection Portfolio Telecom Overview: Some Holiday Shopping and Browsing Earlier in the week, I sent out an Alert indicating that I was making a couple of changes to the model portfolio. Specifically, I closed out the National Semiconductor (NSM) position and elected to buy some SiRF Technology (SIRF) call options . In today’s issue of The Telecom Connection, I’ll go into more detail on National’s quarter (the company reported earnings on Dec. 6) and why I elected to sell the stock. In addition, I will provide some details about SiRF Technology and its business, as well as my motivation for purchasing 15 call contracts. In addition to those changes I will be adding to the model portfolio position in eBay (EBAY), as my holiday shopping continues. Last year, I devoted an issue of the newsletter to outlining WiMAX (IEEE 802.16) -- what it is, the opportunity it provides and some of the players. I’m doing the same thing this week, only this time with the solar energy industry. I think it’s an important element in any alternative energy program, and as an industry it has made substantial strides in the last year or two. I’m not jumping into anything just yet in terms of the model portfolio, as I want to offer some background and perspective first. Now let’s take a closer look at the action in the model portfolio this week. (Continued on the next page) PLEASE SEE IMPORTANT LEGAL DISCLAIMER ON LAST PAGE 1 © 1996-2007 TheStreet.com, Inc. All rights reserved. Issue 296: Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007 Model Portfolio Changes • National Semiconductor (NSM): Sold 750 shares, closing out the position. National had a fine quarter and the outlook was OK, but I just didn’t think that there was enough “there there” to keep it around. Revenue was essentially in line with expectations, but earnings per share (EPS) were slightly above consensus. While revenue was up 6% sequentially, almost all of the growth -- according to management -- came from the handset business. That may be fine during this seasonally strong quarter, but what happens in February? The balance sheet metrics were very good, with a solid reduction in both in-house inventory and channel inventory. Cash from operations was strong at $200 million, which should lead to additional share repurchases. CEO Brian Halla commented on the conference call that “business just isn’t that bad.” If that’s the case, why was the growth driven primarily by handsets? Guidance wasn’t bad when you compare it on a year-over-year basis (up 10%-15% year over year), but National’s high end matched the Street’s consensus -- suggesting a bit of a disconnect in expectations. I just didn’t have a positive feeling coming off the conference call. I might decide to return to this name a little further down the road, but for now the model portfolio doesn’t need another placeholder. • SiRF Technology (SIRF): Purchased 15 January 2008 $22.50 call contracts (QIRAX). SiRF Technology is part of my holiday play. Television ads and newspaper inserts are littered with sales for global positioning systems (GPS), and these are among the hot items shoppers are snapping up for the holidays. They are being sold by companies such as Garmin (GRMN), Magellan (someone forgot to tell them that Ferdinand died during the trip), Navman, TomTom and a host of others. A year ago these items were still fairly expensive, but now prices have dropped sufficiently to enable large-scale adoption by consumers. So what does all this have to do with SiRF? The company has about 70% of the market share for the silicon used in any type of GPS device. Over the past three quarters (its fiscal year ends in December), the company has grown its top line 32% while maintaining pro forma gross margins in the mid-50% range and pro forma operating margins in the mid- to high teens. The cash flow from operations is positive, SiRF has no debt and both accounts receivable and inventory are quite lean. (Continued on the next page) 2 © 1996-2007 TheStreet.com, Inc. All rights reserved. Issue 296: Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007 Last quarter, the company blew through Street consensus estimates, which resulted in a 22% move in the stock. It has since given back about half of that gain. As more midlevel consumers buy GPS systems on a stand-alone basis -- or if they are included as part of a high-end handset -- SiRF Technology should wind up having a very Merry Christmas. • eBay (EBAY): Purchasing 250 shares. The rest of my holiday shopping this year involves an addition to the model portfolio’s eBay position. The stock has had a difficult time getting out of its own way since its previous conference call. As I’ve noted in the past, so much of the negative perception surrounding eBay involves the listing levels at the auction sites. Granted, that is the biggest part of the business and it would be wonderful for those levels to spike up dramatically. But the company needed to eliminate the dead wood. eBay did appear to have stabilized listings during the past quarter, and that is a good thing. With that stabilization comes the opportunity for the non-auction business to provide more upside, because that’s where the real growth is currently. Looking to the Sun Energy has been at the forefront of many people’s minds, if for no other reason than the price of gas over the last two or three years or so. No matter where you stand on OPEC, global warming or Al Gore, increased demand for energy has stoked the alternative energy industry. As much as I may hate that a barrel of oil approaching $100 really hurt my pocketbook at the pump, it also sends engineers and scientists scurrying to their labs, garages and basements to work on a better mousetrap. The concept of “I’ve got a better idea” is essentially what created Silicon Valley and most of our technology and telecommunications industries. That’s also why when I hear people suggesting that “tech and/or telecom is dead” from an investment perspective, I know they’re taking the opportunity to display their ignorance. Granted, companies and segments do mature, but for those things to be true across the board you would have to repeal the laws of physics and deny the inherent creativity of the human mind. And, despite the arguments I’ve had with my mother on this subject, this is probably the one area where greed is good! (Continued on the next page) 3 © 1996-2007 TheStreet.com, Inc. All rights reserved. Issue 296: Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007 There are no silver bullets in the land of energy alternatives. The hydrogen car sounds like a great idea until you realize it costs a fortune to “make” hydrogen today. Most of the great ideas for producing it cheaply are still largely science experiments yet to be productized. Wind power sounded great until someone tried to put turbines in the waters off Martha’s Vineyard within sight of the aristocracy and landed gentry. Who knew their “greeness” was only skin deep? Photovoltaics (PV), or solar cells, was something I stumbled across a couple of years ago when I first looked at Cypress Semiconductor (CY) as an investment. Like everything else, this technology has “issues” as well. But at this juncture it has become its own little “industry,” with a few real companies (producing real profits), a developing infrastructure and customers who are willing to buy. I wanted to take this time to talk a bit about PV, in part because I plan to add some names involved in this industry to the model portfolio at some point. So it’s important to know a few of the basics before making any moves. One of the reasons I am attracted to it is that it’s relatively clean. Also, there are no moving parts and it scales easily for a wide variety of applications, unlike some “solutions.” (Imagine if your neighbor installed his or her own personal nuclear reactor?) PV has been around for a long time. When NASA first started sending astronauts into space, PV cells were used to generate electricity onboard the vehicles. NASA can do those types of things because for a long time it didn’t really matter to them what something actually cost. But when it comes to lowering your own electric bill or that of the local Wal-Mart, size and cost do matter. Consequently, it’s only been within the last few years that PV has become a viable alternative. This is an oversimplification, but the three critical elements of the PV world today are solar efficiency (how much solar energy is converted into electricity), the cost per watt and the system cost per watt. All of the competing PV alternatives need to focus on those metrics in order to determine where they stand in the marketplace. Then it will become clear that being the most efficient doesn’t necessarily translate into having the lowest cost. There are two basic processes for creating solar cells today: crystalline silicon (c-Si) and thin film technology. While the name may sound exotic, c-Si is the same “stuff” that semiconductors are made from and the process is very similar.
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