Google execs dump stock fortune

[kaitlyn]

Theres no way google is failing - just because the execs are selling doesn't mean google is going down. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[benjamin]

I have to think that your post is less than honorable. You are
distorting the statistics to make a mountain out of a molehill.

The market cap is $114 billion. Insiders owned $42 billion worth of stock.
They have sold off $8 billion worth. Why shouldn't they be able
to? Everything is up-front, most of it automatic.

Microsoft fell 20% between May and mid July, why weren't
you complaining about that ? -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[ihento]

Microsoft has Assets.
Google has?

Do the math. The stock is completely over valuated.

Reminds me a lot of those days when (according to AOL's stock price) the average dialup user was worth approx $4486 EACH! -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[sheridan]

Originally Posted by ihento

Microsoft has Assets.
Google has?

Do the math. The stock is completely over valuated.

Reminds me a lot of those days when (according to AOL's stock price) the average dialup user was worth approx $4486 EACH!

exactly... the only thing that google's hanging on to is the high entry barrier into the serach industry...

innovation and technology is over-rated since it only takes a spark of brilliance for the next person to come up with something to compete with google's... -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[clive]

Its not unusual for original founders to decrease holdings gradually but still maintain a large stake. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[yoyo]

Wall St puts a premium on growth and google is growing, Its growing faster then Microsoft, ebay and Yahoo. Also they have about $10 billion in cash. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[jared]

Originally Posted by yoyo

Wall St puts a premium on growth and google is growing, Its growing faster then Microsoft, ebay and Yahoo. Also they have about $10 billion in cash.

I like the premium Wall Street put on technology in the dotcom boom days... Remember NasDAQ? The bubble eventually bursts. What keeps companies like MS solid and in the black is the fact that they have a product and assets.

From my own perspective, things are worth what someone will pay for them. Nothing more, nothing less. Anything else is purely speculative. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[anastasia]

Originally Posted by yoyo

Also they have about $10 billion in cash.

Is Google a fund? //// Google is facing a hurdle other companies would love to confront: how to get better returns from investing its cash hoard without being regulated as a mutual fund.

Companies whose securities comprise more than 40 percent of their assets can fall under restrictions that govern the mutual fund industry. So Google, which has increased its cash and securities to almost $10 billion since its 2004 initial public offering, asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission late last month for an exemption.

At stak -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[read]

Originally Posted by hookes

When valuing any company, private or public, I always ask one question. What are your assets.

Ask that question, and you have your answer.

While I agree that Google is way overvalued. A stock worth is not calculated by assets only, there are many other reasons for a stock to be where it is.

As a webmaster you should know that a site value is not calculated by its "assets" but by it's expected earning over X amount of time. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[invincible]

Originally Posted by read

While I agree that Google is way overvalued. A stock worth is not calculated by assets only, there are many other reasons for a stock to be where it is.

As a webmaster you should know that a site value is not calculated by its "assets" but by it's expected earning over X amount of time.

But in the end, it is only worth what someone will pay for it. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --