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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (52310)	4/23/1999 3:10:00 AM
From: 16yearcycle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Sarmad, I agree that in hyper-growth situations, the market has tremendous trouble valuing companies. But it is valued on a set of expectations. If those are exceeded the price will form a new base.

To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (52310)	4/23/1999 6:35:00 PM
From: Greater Fool	Respond to of 164684

>>I still don't know how it can go to new highs and stay there. There is no way to make a connection between whatever they report and the stock price. Can one say that $270 million rev should have $200 stock or $180 or $250 ? I think only a split can keep it at new high. That way it will seem cheap relative to AOL or Yahoo or Ebay. It seems the concept of market cap is not relevant here. Tsk tsk tsk, there you go thinking about fundamentals again. The actual dollar amounts don't matter to the investors; it's the surprise factor. As long as it's better than what people were "expecting" (consensus? whisper?), the stock will go up. How much up is unknown. Vice versa if the numbers are worse than expected.