Given we are almost 6-8 months ahead of an imminent slowdown in orders, we recommend that clients start to take some profit in equipment names in general. |
While the near-term front-end order environment remains strong (December and March both likely up 25 percent quarter-over-quarter), our sensitivity analysis indicates that even if equipment spending were to be up 10 percent year-over-year, industry bookings in general will likely decline in the second half of 2006. |