Message-ID: <26214772.1075840404878.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 23:23:28 -0800 (PST) From: 1.14166227.-2@multexinvestornetwork.com To: chris.dorland@enron.com Subject: January 28, 2002 - The bright side Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Multex Investor <1.14166227.-2@multexinvestornetwork.com>@ENRON X-To: Dorland, Chris X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ExMerge - Dorland, Chris\Deleted Items X-Origin: DORLAND-C X-FileName: chris dorland 6-26-02.PST In today's edition of the Daily Update, we look at the silver linings for telecom equipment stocks and even Enron. Indeed, where the latter is concerned, eMarketer senior analyst Steve Butler explains how Enron's online trading platform changed the energy trading landscape and created opportunities that would not have otherwise existed. Also, frequent contributor John Filar Atwood discusses three telecom equipment stocks with brighter outlooks than expected. 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Indeed, by its sheer size and ambition, the company was able to change the way that its competitors traded, permanently and significantly altering both the energy sector and the Internet. To get an idea of the magnitude of what we're dealing with, according to company data, Enron's (ENE) Internet-based trading exchange, EnronOnline, was processing about 4,000 transactions per day worldwide, with an average deal size of about $500,000, by September of 2001. At an annualized rate, the notional value of online transaction activity conducted through EnronOnline was approximately $510 billion-- a healthy increase from the $101 billion in transactions during 2000. Click here to read more. http://www.multexinvestor.com/article.asp?docid=6425&nd=0128 2. INVESTMENT IDEAS Analysts see brighter earnings picture for three equipment companies In an uncertain market, analysts seem sure about the earnings potential of these companies by John Filar Atwood, equity research columnist The reduction in capital spending by major carriers has weighed on telecom equipment stock performance in recent months, and threatens to do so throughout 2002. The consensus estimate now appears to be a 26 percent drop in carrier capital expenditures in 2002 resulting in a 23 percent decline in aggregate revenues for the equipment group. Click here to read more. http://www.multexinvestor.com/article.asp?docid=6434&nd=0128 ======================== Sponsored by ========================= Buyback Guru Sells 4 Stocks, Locks in +46.8% in 3 Months! David Fried knows a stock is undervalued when the company buys back its shares. Thats how he locked in a whopping +46.8% in three short months! "Buy these 6 tech buybacks today," Fried says. 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