Stockpickr: Trade Like Goldman Sachs

Analysts continue to expect double-digit growth from eBay, with earnings per share estimated at $1.51 for 2008 and $1.28 for 2007, which is up from $1.05 in 2006 -- about 20% year-over-year growth. Meanwhile, with a solid balance sheet of $3.2 billion in cash and no debt, eBay is in no mortal danger.

For the rest of Goldman's tech favorites, and also some of its short picks among tech stocks, check out the Goldman Picks & Pans page on Stockpickr.

Goldman Sachs has a lot of different pockets, and I'm sure not all of them speak to each other. But the company has been successful in every business it has entered; it has the smartest analysts researching these ideas; and it is also privy to enormous information flow no matter how many walls go up between trading, banking and research.

At the very least, the three pockets presented here are good starting points for research.