omg and the threat of litigation has no effect on the stock price you think?
>What did you say Rush does all the time? Mislead people into fearing >his opponents? > >If that is the reason for the stock dip, it is likely an overreaction. >If anything, the fight could drive traffic to Google, as people decide >to jump away from search sites that place less value on user privacy. >People are not just going to stop searching the web. > >Another theory is that the sell-off was a reaction to the first week >of earnings season seeing a number of high-profile misses from >bellwethers like Intel, Yahoo and Motorola and some firms, like eBay >and Apple, that reported in-line but guided lower than expected. > >Google also received analyst downgrades. Mid-week, around the same >time as Google's shares began their decline, Stifel Nicolaus and >Standard & Poor's analysts both downgraded the stock from Hold to >Sell. > >There's more consciousness now that Google's high-flying stock may be >overvalued, given the substantial exposure the company has to the >online advertising market, and company-specific risks such as click >fraud. > >To some, it is reminiscent of the dot-com bubble days, when >ad-supported web companies reached heady valuations, only to find >themselves crashing and burning when the bottom fell out of the >internet advertising market. > >http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=4FACA6B5-92B6-4CDA-96BD-5FC46AFF9220 > >On 1/23/06, Gruss Gott wrote: >> Google, a 2006 "sure bet" according to Mad Money's Jim Cramer, >> experienced its largest single-day drop ever on Friday, falling 8.5%. >> The search engine has now shed 15% of its hefty market cap since >> hitting an all-time high of $471.63 on Jan. 11. Friday, Google closed >> at $399.46. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193957 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
