We are still holding onto ebay hoping recent company moves will climb this stock. Selling Skype in my opinion was a blessing to the company. Ebay should focus on its online auction structure. Heck, it’s a money maker, they’ve proved that. Paypal is a great holding for the company because it enhances the simplicity of its online auction. Stubhub isn’t a bad idea because again it relates to an online people to people exchange system. Kijiji.com is a joke and ebay should either change the domain name to something easier, or get rid of it. I have trouble remembering my birthday, and now I’m supposed to remember kijiji? With that point however, it is their version of craigslist which I do believe Ebay should compete with. Their 25% ownership in Craigslist is only creating hassle and annoying craigslist owners (which I find amusing). Skype, however, never seemed to “fit” with Ebay’s companies and generic people to people market structure.

Ebay's year chart... provided by Yahoo!

Ebay has great name recognition and continues to rack in new customers and revenue. Personally, I believe if the markets don’t plummet creating the infamous “W” and continues with a “V” recovery, Ebay will move. The company is sound and will continue to grow. Hey Paypal… how about a peer 2 peer lending system similar to Prosper and Lendingclub? Keep focusing on people to people markets and I’m glad you hung up on Skype.