Yesterday I suggested Google buy Starbucks. I was very serious about that although clearly Starbucks would view that as a hostile takeover and would fight it every step of the way. If you missed it see, "Google should buy Starbucks -- Now!"
In the article I discussed my equivalency test and listed a group of stocks that combined would equal Google's capitalization of $127.5 billion. I added a resort hotel to the aggregated seven stocks just to round it out. My idea was to point out that you can own great companies with growth potential, strong brands, diversification, known risks (as opposed to unknown or minimally understood risks) and much more predictability. Risk is NOT required for high reward! See any one of Berkshire Hathaway's annual reports.
THE GAME: If you too believe that Google is way over valued, let me know what group of stocks you think best demonstrate this by your own selection of a crop of names worth equivalent valuation.
Here are some basic ground rules:
Before the bell: Stocks futures steady ahead of GDP, housing data
Google's plan for netbook PCs moves higher into the clouds
So long peak oil, here comes peak uranium
