Monster Stocks

I started having interest in the market in 1999 and I put some money in QCOM and IDCC in late September. I remember how I made an 800% gain on my $4000 in just a few months. I had over $35000 in January 2000. Well to make the long story short, I lost all my gains and around $5000 more by the end of 2000.

I am currently reading the book Monster Stocks, (a recommendation by Stockbee) and that got me to do some thinking. I studied some past monster stocks and here are my observations.

• Monster stocks can gain an average of 500%-1000% in less than 3 years. Most of them gain that much in 1 year. There are some exceptions. QCOM gained 2000% in a year.

• After they make their parabolic move they crash pretty hard.
  

YHOO and QCOM the tech bubble


HOV, the housing bubble



Are these bubble stocks unfolding before our eyes?

RL, a retailer


DRYS, Dryshippers



GOOG, RIMM, AAPL, LFC, CMI




Look over the charts and see what you guys think. Will our current leaders suffer the same fate? Google was up 750% at the top, so compared to other monsters there might me some more juice left. Maybe GOOG can go to $1000(1000%) or $2000(2000%).