dauction - 12:38 am on May 1, 2004 (gmt 0)

Few companys offer common stock dividends anymore , and yes , you EXPECT the earnings to increas so your shares values increase. Thats the entire purpose of purchasing the stock.

That said , watch out for the shorts . after Google stock is released you wil see the stock climb maybe double ,maybe triple within a few months.. then the short sellers enter .. you wil see a huge increase of google bashing on the Yahoo boards and they'l try it here also.. they'll present numbers that you wont understand , show you how Google is going to lose a bundle in upcoming quarters etc..

Because they SHORT the stock at what the believe the peak high of a stock is.. they profit as the stock loses value! ..

They are very good at what they do..creating doubt amoungst long term investors..

mark my words .. you wont believe the nonsense that these same shorts will use to drive the stock as high as possible..way beyond what google is really worth ..only so they can short it at the top...and trash google driving the stock as low as possble .. making money on the way up and down...

Nothing wrong with shorting a stock when you know the stock is overvalued.. but it seems like the shorts always seem to "work" the stock with more enthusiasm ..;)