Let's start at the top, shall we?
A few days ago, a company that does web searches, or something like that, broke $600 a share. Yup, Google (GOOG) is a sky high $629 at the time of writing. So why is that?
Well, Google's continuing to grow new fingers and insert them into yet more pies, including advertising on mobile device. And of course, we've all heard rumours of a "Google Phone". The company is doing well, but GOOG shares are also being pushed up by the sheer hype that surrounds the company.
Will it last forever? Well, the company has made the most of it so far...
From hot to not. Darl McBride must be proud of himself, having pissed off penguin lovers the world over by claiming his company owned Linux (more or less). He's having trouble convincing the courts that and SCO's shares reflect that.
The SCO Group (SCOX) is currently at around $0.24 a share. The company has made a bankruptcy filing and could well be de-listed from the NASDAQ exchange soon.
Everybody's favourite fruit has had a great year on the NASDAQ. Apple (AAPL) shares have reached the lofty heights of $166 and beyond, thanks to great sales figures and the company's ability to take features away from devices (like tactile feedback) and still charge the earth for them (no prizes for guessing what device we mean).
But with people doing terrible evil and unlocking said devices, could it all go pear shaped? It depends on if Apple gets anyone into the courtroom, and then what the judge says. And it depends on if the telco providers, particularly AT&T, think Apple's kept up its side of the exclusivity bargain - which is itself under legal attack by certain miffed individuals.
Intel (INTC) had dipped below $20 in March of this year, but is trading at over $25 right now. It's been laying a Core 2 powered smack-down on AMD (AMD) which has lost rougly $10 in share price over the same period, currently trading close to $14. Barcelona's out (ish) now, but it's not quite the counter-attack AMD needs unleash.
Not yet, anyway.
On the graphics side of things, well it's AMD again, this time up against NVIDIA (NVDA), which is currently sitting above $35, experiencing a year steady growth in share price.
The G92 launch has been brought forward, and while AMD is making inroads into things such as better Linux support, it looks like NVIDIA will have the better year.
We could go on, but instead we encourage you to explore your favourite companies via Google Finance. And we'll leave you with one thought: Bet you wish you'd bought shares in GOOG when they floated, eh?
