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Finally, we have Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd (NYSE:QIHU). Isn’t this the Chinese dot-com darling that’s turning heads in the search engine market in the world’s most populous nation? Isn’t Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd (NYSE:QIHU) the top player in Web browsers and security software at a time when usage is exploding? The answer is yes on both fronts, but Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd (NYSE:QIHU) is growing. Wall Street’s forecasting a 53% surge in revenue when the company reports on Monday morning. The bottom-line snag is that Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd (NYSE:QIHU) is investing in its products and the monetization of its fast-growing search platform. The profitability payoff won’t happen right away, but it may surprise some investors when they see earnings likely heading the wrong way next week.

Why the long face, short-seller?
These companies have seen better days. The market has rewarded many of these stocks with reasonable gains over the past year, but they still haven’t earned those upticks. Lower earnings translates into higher earnings multiples, and nobody wants to see that happen.

The good news here is that Wall Street already expects these companies to deliver shrinking bottom lines. In other words, the bad news is already baked into the shares.

The more I think about it, the less worried I become.

The article 5 Reasons to Worry About Next Week originally appeared on Fool.com.

Longtime Fool contributor Rick Munarriz has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned.

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