Replies to post #14788 on Qualcomm Inc (QCOM)

[dwdkc]

Geld,
excuse my two cents worth

Q is now a very big cap stock, and multi-billion market cap companies are subject to the law of large numbers. I think the upside and downside contricts as they become such large players. The question is, does the risk/reward still look favorable? Based on fundamentals, and how the market now seems to value their future, I think it's good and furthermore stable enough that I'm willing to keep a large chunk of my savings in it along with other relatively safe and promising investments (like Canadian oil and gas trusts, for example). But your more volatile home run chances? Need to look at smaller companies for that.

[richbloem]

Jake, 20 years is a long time, but there is no way that Q's stock price will duplicate the results of the past 5 years. You have to remember that Q is now a 70 billion dollar large cap. Haven't looked lately to see what the largest company in America is, in terms of Market Cap, but Q would be right up there with them. If your looking for the same type of increases, you are going to have to look at high risk, emerging tech companies. Even then, the growth will be hard to duplicate.