Tim May <tcmay@got.net> writes:
AMD is now trading at $18. Five years ago it was trading at the same price. In fact, it's been a narrow range between about 20 and 30 for most of that time, briefly blipping up to 40 before dropping back to the level it was half a decade ago. In fact, it's where it was in 1983, 15 years ago. (Check the charts.)
Meanwhile, Intel has moved from $15 to $72 (today's price) in 5 years, and from something like $2 (or less, as the charts don't go back to '83 for Intel), up a factor of 30 or more times.
This is not the way to compare 2 stocks. Let me illustrate this with a numericl example. Stock A has been trading at about $10 for the last 10 years. Every year it paid $5 in dividends. (OK, so why is it to fucking cheap) Stock B has appreciated from $10 to $20 over the last 10 years. Which has better total returns? --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps