Best Diversified Bank Stocks To Invest In 2014

"Step One: Restructure to reduce operating cost and improve efficiency. Two, execute our 2013 product road map to accelerate our business and return for profitability. And three, ultimately transform AMD to take advantage of high growth opportunities..." -- Rory Read, taken from the Seeking Alpha earnings transcript.

With Advanced Micro Device's (AMD) stock on a recent rally, largely due to a design win in Sony's (SNE) PS4, and an unofficial win in Microsoft's (MSFT) next generation Xbox, it is a good time to visit potential negative catalysts that could cause a downturn in AMD's uptrend, as well as delving into AMD's progress of returning to profitability in the second half of the year.

Potential Negative Catalysts

Microsoft will be unveiling the new Xbox on May 21st, 10am PDT. I recommend not missing the event if you have a long position in AMD. The event will be broadcast on Spike TV and Xbox Live. If it turns out the Xbox does not use a solution from AMD, I expect to see a sharp correction in AMD's stock price, though I do not feel this will be the case. "A large part of the momentum this year will come from our game console wins" and "...Microsoft announced last year that the Xbox 360 is now used more for watching videos and listening to music than it is for playing games", both taken from Rory Read during the same earnings call linked to above, which seem to imply the Xbox console win. An earlier article on Bloomberg also supports this rumor. Stock holders are expecting the announcement to confirm this, so news to the contrary could cause a sell off.

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