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Plenty of conservative investors predict the same fate for today's highflying Internet stocks, which owe much of their appeal to the growth in online commerce. So why are America Online and Yahoo, each in its way a portal to the Net, two of my favorite stocks? Because the Net really delivers what TV shopping only promised. Rather than sitting in front of the tube, stupefied by a parade of junk while waiting for something you might want to buy, on the Net you can instantly research and order exactly what you want--whether a pearl necklace or a ticket...
Second, remember that all online companies are not equal. Faux Internet companies--those that have just added com to their name to pump up the stock--are doomed to Home Shopping status within a year. They include Cybershop, Ktel and Marketguide. But the real Internet companies, like AOL and Yahoo, offer something different. They can sell ads for luxury cars and discount brokers that will reach well-off people, at work and at home, much more efficiently than either TV or off-line, dead-tree media. Wall Street understands that the best Net stocks are bargains, based on projected...
...stock or plan a last-minute trip. In our 20th century consumer culture, it may seem almost too good to be true: the latest and greatest products, custom-made and delivered whenever you want! And how to pay for all this online bounty? We hope you've bought some Yahoo stock...
...that has lost more than $30 million since 1995 with nary a penny of profit in sight. No matter. Amazon's $5 billion in market value exceeds the combined capitalization of Barnes & Noble and Borders Group, the two largest U.S. bookstore chains. The rise of No. 1 search engine Yahoo has been no less phenomenal. It stood at $181 a share last week after reporting second-quarter earnings of $8.1 million--following three straight years of losses. Ten thousand dollars' worth of Yahoo purchased at IPO in 1996 would be worth $1.68 million today. "Investors are treating the Internet...
...hopes, dreams and whispers when it looks ahead. As venture capitalist J. Neil Weintraut puts it, "There is no reasonable way to value these companies." Still, professional analysts have to try. And few want to buck the trend: last week Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrette analysts raised their price target on Yahoo to $250, positing another 25% gain within the next year...