Google Historical Prices

Looking back at Google historical prices, there is a 50/50 chance one could profit from the hype leading into Google's earnings-- 3 days in advance.

The same quarter last year was the worst quarter in the list, and would have produced a loss of ($22.63). However, the day after the report produced a gain of $3.97 in the same quarter last year.

GOOG			open	close
2007	Q1	19-Apr-07	474.50	471.65	(2.85)	(2.15)
		18-Apr-07	471.26	476.01	4.75
		17-Apr-07	473.80	472.80	(1.00)
2006	Q4	31-Jan-07	496.49	501.50	5.01	3.50
		30-Jan-07	494.00	494.32	0.32
		29-Jan-07	498.00	492.47	(5.53)
2006	Q3	19-Oct-06	420.23	426.06	5.83	5.76
		18-Oct-06	422.99	419.31	(3.68)
		17-Oct-06	420.30	420.64	0.34
2006	Q2	20-Jul-06	404.28	387.12	(17.16)	(22.63)
		19-Jul-06	395.01	399.00	3.99
		18-Jul-06	409.75	403.05	(6.70)
		21-Jul-06	386.14	390.11	3.97
		*Same quarter last year, the day after the report.

Update: Price Target raised at JPM Securities to $625.