Very likely the 'upcoming event' is comfirmation of the Intel ATI deal (involving ATI taking Intel's integrated market share). Then there's the announcement of the R420/423 and NV40. I've yet to see and NV40 with a PCI-EX connector, and ATI is pushing that. That is apaper/PR advantage, that moves stocks.
In reality I'd say the time to buy was a while back ~6mths, when the stock was abou 30% current price.
As for currency protection I wouldn't worry about it, it's not a US based company and therefore short term would do better because of it. The only issue would be volume due to exchange rates, and issues beween consumer revenue and production costs (and tha depends on ATI payment mechanism).
I wouldn't say ATI is a STRONG BUY, but it's a Definitely a HOLD leaning towards ACQUIRE. nV on the other hand would be a Reduce/Sell position rather than hold. The time to profit from ATI has passed IMO.
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