CHiLL Posted May 23, 2012 Posted May 23, 2012 Some of Facebook's investors found themselves down nearly 25% from the close of Friday to the reopening on Monday. Why? Because Facebook entered the stock market on it's own for the first time, without the support of it's underwriters. Facebook's debut has been less than smooth, so bad infact, that NASDAQ has been forced to change it's regulations to prevent such a failing happening again. When Facebook debut onto the stock market has been mired by problems and massive drops in stock value. From the Friday before the debut to the following Monday morning, some investors were down 25%. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/21/us-facebook-struggle-idUSBRE84J0D620120521 Quote
Administrators Nathan Posted May 23, 2012 Administrators Posted May 23, 2012 Wouldn't have guessed that, but hey looks like now is the time to buy. Quote
ljepilo Posted May 24, 2012 Posted May 24, 2012 It was only a matter of time when this would happen , I simply knew it ! I don't like facebook at all... Quote
Administrators Nathan Posted May 24, 2012 Administrators Posted May 24, 2012 Well just took a look this morning, they have already bounced back to $34/share. Quote
ljepilo Posted May 26, 2012 Posted May 26, 2012 Well just took a look this morning, they have already bounced back to $34/share. They did??? I thought they were on 31$/share..Whats the stats now ? Quote
Victor Leigh Posted May 27, 2012 Posted May 27, 2012 Buy, buy, buy. Then sell as soon as it hits 35 usd again. That's assuming you didnt't buy it above 35 usd. If that's the case, you are sunk. Now I wonder how much hard cash Mark got out of that IPO? Quote
ljepilo Posted May 27, 2012 Posted May 27, 2012 Buy, buy, buy. Then sell as soon as it hits 35 usd again. That's assuming you didnt't buy it above 35 usd. If that's the case, you are sunk. Now I wonder how much hard cash Mark got out of that IPO? Apparently a lot ... I doubt the shares are gonna drop below 34$/share ever again. Quote
ChuckTesta Posted May 27, 2012 Posted May 27, 2012 say what? The shares are at 31.94... that's what they closed at on Friday. Now sure where you're getting your numbers at. I've been watching the stock since its release. It has been nothing but rocky. They have had maybe 2 days that it didn't drop in price. It's grossly overpriced. The price point was right, but then CFO bumped up the released shares by 25% and keeping the same price point. The value of the company is no where near it's current valuation. Quote
Victor Leigh Posted May 28, 2012 Posted May 28, 2012 From what I have read, the real price should have been nearer to 20usd than 30usd. The guy who gave that figure based his calculation on how other companies are actually evaluated. I think his comparison included Google and Microsoft. Quote
ChuckTesta Posted May 28, 2012 Posted May 28, 2012 If the stock goes down to 25, i'd say that's a decent buy. Anything lower and it's probably being oversold. Quote
ljepilo Posted May 28, 2012 Posted May 28, 2012 If the stock goes down to 25, i'd say that's a decent buy. Anything lower and it's probably being oversold. The stocks will never go down to 25$/share , mark my words! Quote
ChuckTesta Posted May 28, 2012 Posted May 28, 2012 LOL... ok. We will see. The company isn't work 100 billion dollars. (That's what it's valued at - at it's current price.) Quote
ljepilo Posted May 29, 2012 Posted May 29, 2012 LOL... ok. We will see. The company isn't work 100 billion dollars. (That's what it's valued at - at it's current price.) Actually If I heard the news good , it was worth 108 billion dollars. hmm Quote
Victor Leigh Posted May 29, 2012 Posted May 29, 2012 It's worth that much based on the price of the shares. When the share price drops, it won't be worth that much anymore. What we need now is another company to steal the limelight from Facebook. Then the Facebook share price will drop like an over-weight vulture with big rocks tied to its featherless wings. Quote
dexterlablab1 Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 Facebook's stock problems are mainly due to the fact that they have no main source of revenue to call their own. Facebook doesn't sell anything nor does it create anything outside of its own social structure. All they have going in the way of revenue is advertising. It's that uncertainty that's going to keep Facebook's stock prices iffy and fluctuating. Quote
ridwan sameer Posted June 5, 2012 Posted June 5, 2012 DAmmit missed the opportunity to buy They went from 28 to 35 am i right? Quote
Marc Posted June 5, 2012 Posted June 5, 2012 Facebook is something I would never invest in now even if I had the money. You dont invest in companies at their peak, you invest in them when they are up and coming. Facebook is definatly at its peak IMO and sooner of later it will be overtaken by another site. Sound far fetched? Ask myspace. Quote
S.O. Price Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 Actually I think if one wants to invest in the stock market (which I'm not sure is such a good idea right now or in the near future), I would suggest reading some books about the great investors like Warren Buffet or George Soros. Personally, I am more the Warren Buffet style, which in a nutshell, is to buy great stocks when they are on sale. There is SO much more to the whole process than that, so I would encourage anyone to become more knowledgeable about investment. From the little I've read recently, I've decided to hold off for a bit. Really the whole process sounds about as reliable as going to a casino and betting your money. You REALLY need to know what you're doing and I'm smart enough to know that I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to buying stock! I need to do a lot more research. I've actually thought that I should probably just become a Warren Buffet 'groupie' and just do what he does. Feeding off of his decades of expertise might be the route I'll eventually take. Quote
Talk Tech News Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 It is hard to imagine that Facebook is worth over $100 billion. I would buy shares if there was a big enough drop but what looked like a very solid company now looks very ify. If another company successfully competed with Facebook it could be devastating. Quote
dexterlablab1 Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 Facebook is something I would never invest in now even if I had the money. You dont invest in companies at their peak, you invest in them when they are up and coming. Facebook is definatly at its peak IMO and sooner of later it will be overtaken by another site. Sound far fetched? Ask myspace. Yeah, that's not the only problem, Facebook has NO business model outside of "we have advertising" as their revenue source. Zuckerburg was smart to get out when he did. Facebook is turning out exactly like Myspace did. As in it was highly popular, and then it fizzled into being almost non existent. Quote
dexterlablab1 Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 Google MIGHT be in a different situation since they aren't like Facebook where Facebook ONLY has advertising as their main source. But even with Google +, at some point if they'll get overtaken too if they become the top spot. But atleast they have other avenues to fall back on. Facebook doesn't. Quote
Marc Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 Google MIGHT be in a different situation since they aren't like Facebook where Facebook ONLY has advertising as their main source. But even with Google +, at some point if they'll get overtaken too if they become the top spot. But atleast they have other avenues to fall back on. Facebook doesn't. This is very true. To be honest I actually like google+ layout better than facebooks. Thought it may have done better than it has by now, however there are still people joining it daily, and gmail started like that when based against hotmail. Quote
dexterlablab1 Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 This is very true. To be honest I actually like google+ layout better than facebooks. Thought it may have done better than it has by now, however there are still people joining it daily, and gmail started like that when based against hotmail. That's usually how Google does things. Start small and slowly build up. That's how they eventually became the best search engine and email provider. And it's how they're giving Firefox such a fight right now. Their fight with Facebook is no different. Baby steps. Quote
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