“This year is going to be a great year for the semiconductor sector in terms of revenue growth. And we think that next year is going to be good, but the revenue growth rate is going so slow. I think we've known that for well over a year. And it's just that we're getting closer to that point so at what point do you start to let go of some of the gains that you've had over the past year and a half or two years?”
“Usually the second quarter is typically a weak period [for the semiconductor sector], and I would expect to see a lot of the stock prices kind of trading sideways in the second quarter. Maybe we'll see a few of the bigger, maybe stronger cap companies moving up. But in general, the second quarter is typically weak.”
“What's happened is you have people who have made a lot of money in this sector. Although we've not specifically seen any real signs of slowing yet, we do think that could happen in the future. Whenever someone talks about it and begins to give warning signs about it, people will say that we're at the peak, things can only get worse from here and I will sell my stocks. And that is the mentality that people are using right now.”
