Don't Buy the Tech Story By Jim Cramer About this article: The "bottom" the mutual funds are calling for in tech, the one that had Texas Instruments and National Semiconductor not go down, the one that I hear calling for endlessly because inventories are so low, will be tested today. I don't see either Research In Motion or Oracle helping the cause, although they won't hurt it because both reported terrific top-line growth and Oracle had the bottom line too. I just see the major semis, ex-Intel, heading back to where they weren't supposed to go back to because the bottom was supposed to be in. If you recall, the market's collective mind-set was that this was the last bad quarter and these companies could not go lower. That view got extended to Intel with its then-4.5% yield. Of course it got extended to the much-beloved Lam Research and KLA-Tencor and Applied Materials and the like -- although... Or, call us at 1-866-321-TSCM (8726) Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET. Outside the U.S. and in Canada, call 1-212-321-5200. More Stories From RealMoney Durable Goods Up Move Down the Tech Food Chain Jobless Claims Still High Bulls' Tenacity Is the Big Question Mark Should You Buy It? Pharmaceutical Product Development Bad News Trumps All Support for Banks Holds, For Now Bummer, Yields Are on the Rise Money on the Line Makes a Big Difference Structured Products: Unsafe at Any Price MORE STORIES FROM REALMONEY

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