While the sector could remain volatile until then, we encourage investors to get back into these beaten-down optical leaders.

The fund is fairly volatile. Investors need to have a long time horizon.

I think (investors) are going to be looking at how the market has performed and what the sector rankings are. I think that some of the recent gains that have come to a bit of a stall are probably a function of...the notion that once people come back from Labor Day, we should have a pretty good rally so they just wanted to get positioned ahead of that.

The demand picture remains solid, while the supply side is still constrained for certain components, mostly for new and high-end components.

Despite the ongoing market correction in the telecommunications sector, we believe the fundamentals remain intact for the optical networking industry.

While maintaining its status as the dominant supplier of premium fiber and cable, Corning has emerged as one of the premier players in the red-hot optical networking space.