Many analysts think Google is going down another %50. I think you would be better looking for another area to invest. Remember the 90's when all the Internet stocks went through the roof and then the bubble burst. Just finished using up loss carry-overs. I thought of shorting Google. The bloom is off the rose, they have competition, and they have bad relations with the GOP which will not help them in getting legislation and regulations favorable to them passed, remember what happened to Microsoft.
Dividend paying stocks pay you to invest, and dividends have favorable tax treatment right now.
Seems like the Telecom sector is rebounding, finally. The oils are going down.
One can not be a passive investor anymore if one is invested in high tech. Maybe you might want to look into exchange traded funds.
