In the time-travel flick Frequency, the lead character is able to communicate with his best friend as a child and advises him to buy Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO). Even though shares of the online portal have stalled lately, the company remains one of the Internet's greatest growth-stock stories.
Lately, the company has been focusing on smaller acquisitions and scaling back original content. But it's not as if Yahoo! has slowed down. Over the past year, it has launched an online music service deal to take on upstarts like RealNetworks (NASDAQ:RNWK) and Napster (NASDAQ:NAPS), and an online phone service that undercuts the ambitious efforts of eBay's (NASDAQ:EBAY) Skype.
So what's the deal with Yahoo!? Are the shares overpriced, or will it resume its growth-gunning ways? Not all Fools agree. Alyce Lomax thinks the company is ready to lead the way in the Web 2.0 revolution. I step in as the bear, pointing out the company's shortcomings in Web 1.0.
Does Yahoo! belong in your portfolio? That's what this week's Duel is all about.
Duel on!
- Read the bull argument
- Read the bear argument
- Read the bullish rebuttal
- Read the bearish rebuttal
- Vote for the winner
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