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“Apple Will Offer Clues on Consumer Spending”---金融危机也影响到

Posted by Anny Zhang

Monday, October 20th, 2008

cartoon about stock market & consumer spending

今天的Wall Street Journal 上有一条信息是关于:Apple Will Offer Clues on Consumer Spending.    Apple,这个引领产品和技术新潮流的公司,可以反映出人们现在的consumer spending会有什么变化吗? 百姓们在经济不好时又愿意花多少钱在电子消费品上呢?这个金融危机究竟对我们这个大的电子行业又有多少影响呢?

去年的次贷危机(sub-prime crisis),许多报告都指出那不会影响全球电子消费产品的销售;反而,人们似乎更有兴趣花钱在购买电子消费品上。
 
现在的金融危机(Financial Crisis), 全球股票跳水,投资者对市场没信心,政府救市似乎无济于事;失业率大增,人们不愿意花钱了(consumer spending is decreasing),刺激不了经济复苏,陷入恶性循环,经济衰退……基本上应该影响到各行各业了,包括我们这个传统的电子消费大产业。 许多大电子公司上个月就开始裁员了,这个月出的Q3报表也不怎么好看。我们作为材料供应商在产业链的上游,可能会有滞后反应。
 
 应该说,一个公司总的生意如果能在地域上有很好的平衡(geographically well balanced),特别是有不错新兴市场的收入;如果公司能够有多样化的事业部门,产品线,产品种类和客户群(diversified business units, product lines, product codes, and customer-base),那么这次美国的金融危机,它们应该会好过些。哈哈,怪不得连世界上最聪明的投资者Warren Buffett,前段时间也开始投资GE公司了。
 

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Posted by Anny Zhang at 16:23 PM (October 20th, 2008)


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