Comments on: More Signs of a Consumer Slowdown http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/03/13/more-signs-of-a-consumer-slowdown/ Our beat: The stock market. Our job: Beat it. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:36:49 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: RIMM: iPhone Putting the Freeze on Smartphone Buyers - Stock Market Beat - Our beat is the stock market. Our job is to beat it. http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/03/13/more-signs-of-a-consumer-slowdown/comment-page-1/#comment-20169 RIMM: iPhone Putting the Freeze on Smartphone Buyers - Stock Market Beat - Our beat is the stock market. Our job is to beat it. Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:31:45 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/03/13/more-signs-of-a-consumer-slowdown/#comment-20169 [...] With potential buyers scheming months in advance on how to get hold of an iPhone, it’s a safe bet they won’t be buying a BlackBerry, Treo (PALM), Nokia (NOK), Motorola (MOT), or whatever. And yes, we know there will be some people who prefer the traditional models and continue to buy them. But many of them will also wait to check out the iPhone, just in case. Throw in a consumer slowdown and it’s fairly easy to see why we bought those (RIMM) put options. [...] [...] With potential buyers scheming months in advance on how to get hold of an iPhone, it’s a safe bet they won’t be buying a BlackBerry, Treo (PALM), Nokia (NOK), Motorola (MOT - Annual Report), or whatever. And yes, we know there will be some people who prefer the traditional models and continue to buy them. But many of them will also wait to check out the iPhone, just in case. Throw in a consumer slowdown and it’s fairly easy to see why we bought those (RIMM) put options. [...]

]]> By: Industry Insights from PPI Report - Stock Market Beat - Our beat is the stock market. Our job is to beat it. http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/03/13/more-signs-of-a-consumer-slowdown/comment-page-1/#comment-20002 Industry Insights from PPI Report - Stock Market Beat - Our beat is the stock market. Our job is to beat it. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:39:27 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/03/13/more-signs-of-a-consumer-slowdown/#comment-20002 [...] When combined with a slowdown at the consumer level, we think this could be bad news for the transportation companies that will have fewer boxes to move around. [...] [...] When combined with a slowdown at the consumer level, we think this could be bad news for the transportation companies that will have fewer boxes to move around. [...]

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