Forget the Wintel duo, the real stock market leaders are reporting this week.
Everyone is always looking for the next Microsoft or Cisco
, each of which returned about 10,000% in a decade.
Why not look for the next NetEase instead, which did the same in a little over a year?
Chinese Internet stocks like NetEase, Sohu and Sina.com
have been the most spectacular performers in the year-old bull market, fueled by fast-growing Internet use and advertising, a pay-per-service business model that Yahoo
would envy, and low-cost labor.
The stocks have been stuck in a trading range for the last couple of months as they digest their extraordinary gains. So far, their earnings have been well-received, with Sohu getting a nice pop on Friday and Sina after the close tonight, but not enough to break out to new highs just yet. If they do break out, that could be a hint that the broader market could follow.
Stocks rebounded on Monday on strong home sales and a merger between Bank of America and Fleet Boston
.
The Nasdaq rose 17 to 1882, the S&P 500 added 2 to 1031, and the Dow climbed 25 to 9608. Volume declined to 1.36 billion shares on the NYSE, and 1.52 billion on the Nasdaq. Advancers led 21-10 on the NYSE, and 20-10 on the Nasdaq. Upside volume was 63% on the NYSE, and 72% on the Nasdaq. New highs-new lows were 195-10 on the NYSE, and 193-10 on the Nasdaq.
After the close, Netegrity , Macrovision
, and Adeptic
beat estimates; Neoware
came in light on revenues; and FreeMarkets
warned.
During the day, ON Technology surged 14% on news that it will be acquired by Symantec
.
Lucent rose 3% after it won a contract from Verizon
.
InterActiveCorp edged higher on yet another acquisition.
AskJeeves fell 8% after a Barron’s article questioned the company’s valuation.
ClickSoftware surged 12% on its third straight quarterly profit.
XM Satellite Radio climbed 3.5% as it signed up its one millionth subscriber.
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