Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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Re: INTC used to be a $500B company; Yahoo now lists it as a $150B company. I would say if the pig didn't go to the slaughterhouse it at least spent a few months at the fat farm.

Intel wasn't the only company to come out of the .com implosion unscathed. In terms of fundamentals, Intel will soon make just as much profits as they did in 2000, but the share price is unlikely to rise to the same level of irrational exuberance. The best shareholders can hope for is for Intel to grow past the size they were in 2000 and to have the market follow.

Re: For comparison AMD used to be a $3B company and is now a $10B company

Based on AMD's share price close of $91.24 on July 20, 2000 and their average share volume in the 2nd quarter of 154,558 shares, that would mean that AMD had a market cap of $14.1B in 2000, not $3B. If you want to do a post split calculation, you can base it on their share price close of $37.50 on September 1, 2000 with average recorded volume in the 3rd quarter of 311,943 shares, when they were still valued at $11.7B. Interesting how investors are already valuing AMD close to the heights they were at during the peak of the bubble.

Re: Yeah, I know INTCs the greatest thing since sliced bacon.

Some people like risk stocks, and others like stable stocks. I invest a small amount in risky stocks from time to time, but the majority of my trades are with large caps. I miss some opportunity, but for the past several years I've gotten good returns. Hey, if you think you can time AMD's rise and fall, then by all means go for it. They are on the rise now, so why not?