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All Things Money
« on: May 22, 2012, 07:49:58 am »
Post anything relating to the evil that is money, be it investment opportunities, stocks, bonds, counterfeits and monopoly money if need be.
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Re: All Things Money
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2012, 07:50:26 am »
Facebook shares fall far, fast: Why?



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Re: All Things Money
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2012, 09:15:47 am »
Not surprised in the very least. I’m not a day trader, but do try to watch finances and I’m interested in the good and bad of investments. I try to learn from it all.

Facebook doesn’t make sense to me as an IPO. What is it? There is no product. What are you buying? I do understand how big Facebook is and its importance and position at this time. Facebook I think comes in as a volatile company. With volatility comes uncertainty. I think it’s very easy to imagine Facebook getting replaced by something else in the future.  These kinds of so-called ‘products’ come and go to easy.

Maybe you see I’m a tad conservative with my thoughts on finance. I have to be… at my age.

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« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2012, 09:37:22 am »
I initially thought about investing a little pocket change in FB, but in the end it didn't make any sense at all because as you pointed out, the shelf life for the company will dry up pretty fast. Think about it. First it was Myspace, then Twitter, then Facebook and now it seems to be Tumblr. All of these will be in the dust bin within a couple of years if not sooner, being replaced by something that has yet to be invented.

As for the steep drop in FB stock, I'm not surprised one bit. Everyone that became an instant millionaire was smart to cash out now when it would be at it's peak financially. This isn't G&E or IBM where it's gonna have legs to go the distance.
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« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2012, 09:40:43 am »
Right, thus all the discussion from the experts on valuating it so high. WTF... all hype.
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« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2012, 08:43:23 am »
Investors File Lawsuit Against Facebook, Underwriters



Not good. This is gonna get ugly.
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« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2012, 08:48:06 am »
Duh, there's huge sums of money here. Attracting lawyers to this like flys to s hit
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« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2012, 08:51:42 am »
I'm shocked that Gloria Allred hasn't tried to make the facebook debacle about sexual harassment yet. She's the biggest opportunist there is.
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« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2012, 09:27:26 am »
I imagine Zuckerberg is kicking himself silly about now

"Why did I go public.... why, why, why?"
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« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2012, 09:29:47 am »
I imagine Zuckerberg is kicking himself silly about now

"Why did I buy Instagram?.... why, why, why?"

Fixed for ya.

Dumbest acquisition ever!
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Re: All Things Money
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2012, 09:36:52 am »
Quote
Fixed for ya.

Dumbest acquisition ever!

Sorry, I don't know what your saying or what Instagram is.
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« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2012, 09:39:25 am »
He paid $1 Billion for it, which is an Photo Filter App. I think he overpaid for it by 7 zero's.
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« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2012, 09:42:23 am »
Good lord
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Re: All Things Money
« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2012, 09:38:47 am »
One in three mortgage holders still underwater

Now this pisses me off. We are in this category. We are paying on a loan that's valued more than the house. I don't get it. How'd this happen? We are stuck to stay in the house until things stabilize and we get to that balance point of not losing money.

Thus our thinking also limits our spending in many other ways.

Until we see consumer confidence improve, we (America) will stay in this stagnate position for quite some time.
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Re: All Things Money
« Reply #14 on: May 24, 2012, 08:44:13 pm »
SmartMoney: Beware the Dividend Fakers

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