<<But these are all stocks currently suffering from sector- wide or company-specific problems>>
Rob, dont forget historically, these kind of stocks present very attractive long term potential, ie, fundamentally sound companies facing ST tough business environment. Yes, it may take time for them to recovery, but once they do, the upside is huge.
Anyone still remember PSFT here? The dog of 1999 is simply one of the best stocks in 2000, up 100% YTD, and 250% from 15 where it sat there for most of 1999, with no help from the broader market at all. Another example is COMS, the dog of 1999 and 1998 has gone up 200% from that tedious 20-30 level.
YHOO, MSFT, INTC are all far superior fundamentally than any of the two mentioned above, it's just a matter of time. I was thrilled that YHOO was traded at 45 and MSFT below 50 the other day. Does anyone here really believe both comapnies could go significantly lower than those number? On the other hand, the upside in a 2 years time frame could be 100-200%. To me, those levels are just too good to pass by (same thing could be said to AOL below 40).
Danny |