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[lomar]

Wollt ja nur mal wissen hab Kaufempfelung gelesen da stand nach Kurseinbruch kaufen naja und das war ja wohl ein Kurseinbruch.
von 80$ auf 55 $
Oder haben die Megaverluste eingefahren was gar nich sein kann??
Bitte antwortet thx.

[spirou]

Hallo!
Also das möchte ich auch mal wissen, was da passiert ist.
Zumindest beobachte sie weiter und werde dann einsteigen.

spirou

[Pitu]

ist das euer ernst? offenbar habt ihr da was verpasst!

FOCUS-Lucent falls 22 pct after earnings warning (adds closing stock prices, details in paragraphs
3,4,14-16; edits)

By Jessica Hall

NEW YORK, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The shares of Lucent Technologies Inc. <LU.N> dropped about 22 percent on Friday after the
world`s largest telecommunications equipment maker issued a rare warning that profits would fall below analysts` forecasts,
leading many Wall Street firms to downgrade the stock.

Shares of Lucent, which previously had been a predictably strong performer, fell 15-7/8 to 53-3/16 in record trading on the
New York Stock Exchange. The stock had gained 21 percent in the 12 months prior to Friday`s drop.

The evaporation of one-fifth of Lucent`s market capitalization set a record for NYSE trading volume as the 136 million shares
traded toppled the volume record set in 1988 by Occidental Petroleum.

The weakness in Lucent, the most widely held U.S. stock, sparked a rally throughout the telecommunications equipment market
since rivals may pick up new customers and gain market share at Lucent`s expense, analysts said.

The shares of data networking leader Cisco Systems Inc. <CSCO.O> gained 5-14/16 to close at 105-7/8, while Nortel
Networks Corp. <NT.TO> <NT.N> jumped 12-3/16 to 97-7/16 on the NYSE.

The shares of companies that specialize in making optical networking equipment -- an area where Lucent suffered manufacturing
constraints -- soared. JDS Uniphase Corp. <JDSU.O> soared 30 to 179-3/4, and CIENA Corp. <CIEN.O> gained 11-7/8 to
57-3/4. Tellabs Inc. <TLAB.O> shares rose 2-1/4 to 66-1/16.

Analysts said Lucent`s problems -- such as manufacturing constraints and a failure to anticipate changes in customers` purchasing
plans -- were company-specific and did not indicate broader weakness throughout the industry.

"We do not believe that any of the issues that impacted Lucent should be used by investors to condemn other systems vendors
or the entire telecommunications industry," Lehman analyst Steve Levy said in a research report.

Both Cisco and Nortel reassured investors that their growth remained on track and their financial guidance to Wall Street
remained unchanged.

Several firms, including Merrill Lynch, Lehman Bros., Salomon Smith Barney and SG Cowen, downgraded Lucent. Credit
Suisse First Boston maintained a strong buy rating but trimmed its earnings forecasts.

After the stock market closed on Thursday, Murray Hill, N.J.-based Lucent said it expects to report earnings for its fiscal first
quarter ended Dec. 31 in the range of 36-39 cents a share, compared with 48 cents a year ago and below Wall Street`s forecast
of 54 cents a share.

Lucent expects to report first-quarter revenues in the range of $9.8-$9.9 billion, which is flat compared with the year-ago
quarter and about $1 billion below most analysts` expectations.

Lucent said it failed to produce optical networking and fiber optic products fast enough to keep up with soaring industry demand
and failed to anticipate some shifts in its customers` buying habits. Lucent also failed to deliver its newest, more powerful optical
networking product that would compete with one of Nortel`s products, giving Nortel an chance to create a sizable lead.

"This is not a market issue ... not a long-term issue. Our market remains robust. For us at Lucent, it was an execution issue,"
Lucent Chairman Richard McGinn said in a conference call with analysts.

A class action lawsuit was filed against Lucent on Friday, claiming the equipment maker previously made false statements about
its financial condition.

Lucent said it was surprised how quickly customers moved to the more powerful fiber optic equipment based on OC-192
technology. Many customers decided to hold off on purchasing products that were quickly becoming obsolete to wait for new
systems or turned to Lucent`s rivals, analysts said.

The company said the manufacturing time for its most sophisticated products required more time, more testing equipment and
more staff. Lucent said it planned significant investments to increase its manufacturing capabilities.

Lucent said its strongest growth would come in the second half of the year as it works on its manufacturing problems and
produces enough optical, network access and semiconductor products to meet the robust customer demand.

For the full year, Lucent expects its revenues to grow at the low-end of the 17 percent to 19 percent range it had previously
forecast. Meanwhile, full-year profits should grow 20 percent to 25 percent over last year`s earnings of $1.20 a share.

Some analysts were skeptical about Lucent`s bullish outlook for the second half of the year. Salomon Smith Barney analyst Alex
Cena said Lucent`s financial guidance for the second half of fiscal 2000 "may be too aggressive."

Other analysts said that weakness could signal deeper troubles at Lucent, which has been accused of growing too quickly
through acquisitions and losing its sense of customer needs.