In Motley Fools.. I would do this above 592 on DOT two closes .. or I will keep trailing this until DOT hits 510..
Where should we put this money?
My simple answer is: Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO). The company has strung together one successful quarter after another. On July 7th, it announced second-quarter results showing a 156% increase in revenues, to $115 million. Gross margins settled in at 86%. And Yahoo! generated more than $28 million in profits. Finally, the company closed up quarter two with not a lick of long-term debt and $638 million in cash to plow into its Internet-obsessed business.
For the scorekeepers, Yahoo!'s Rule Maker score against the competition has consistently rung in above 50 -- running in step with the outstanding rankings of Cisco Systems and Microsoft. And if you're looking for temporary pricing depressions, consider this: After the general sell-off of Internet issues, Yahoo! is now trading 43% below its highs of the year. That, dear Fools, represents a greater decline off its annual highs than any stock in our portfolio.
To put it all together, Yahoo! has a powerful consumer brand, a blistering pace of sales and earnings growth, plenty of cash to maintain its leadership position, rigorous controls over balance-sheet items, tremendous future opportunities -- and, if it means anything to you, a stock that is more than 40% off its highs of the year.
Yep, YHOO. That's my recommendation. What's yours?
Tom Gardner, Fool
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