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Thread: Facebook IPO
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05-26-2012 #21
Re: Facebook IPO
The Facebook IPO: Shareholders Weren't Invited to the Real Party:
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/25-1
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05-26-2012 #22
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05-27-2012 #23
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Re: Facebook IPO
Sammyvalentine is right. Not only did a lot of investment banks go out of business, but the reason they become bank holding companies is to diversify into other areas of banking. That structure gives them a broader range of activities where they can avoid bank regulations and make money. In fact, if they file as financial holding companies, which requires almost no approval at all, they can diversify into the insurance industry and have a nearly unlimited number of (financial-related) activities they can engage in.
There's no doubt that having a network of a billion people is worth something. But they have a ton of work to do in order to turn that into a money-making machine the way google did with their advertisements. Whereas google provides a free service to searchers, at least the search engine users are already engaged in the act of commerce. If they are looking for products or services they are ready to buy. As many have said, who the heck goes onto facebook, and then gets distracted by one of the banners on the side.
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05-27-2012 #24
Re: Facebook IPO
Morgan Stanley & Goldman Sachs applied for their change of status, right in the middle of the meltdown, so they could join the Federal Reserve. This allowed them to get in on TARP & extort enough control over the AIG bailout that they didn't have to take any kind of haircut.
"You can pick your friends & you can pick your nose, but you can't wipe your friends off on your saddle."
~ Kinky Friedman ~
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05-30-2012 #25
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Re: Facebook IPO
facebook 'Bears', today we can put our money where our mouth is.
First day of trading of options and futures. Which, for those who don't know the terms for 'playing the market', means we can make money if the stock price goes down.
Burn, baby, burn!
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05-30-2012 #26
Re: Facebook IPO
The stock price continues to slip downwards.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8GTBID20120529
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06-01-2012 #27
Re: Facebook IPO
An interesting observation/insight by Julian Assange about Facebook... from earlier this year:
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06-01-2012 #28
Re: Facebook IPO
Is it just here, or is Facebook down everywhere?
"You can pick your friends & you can pick your nose, but you can't wipe your friends off on your saddle."
~ Kinky Friedman ~
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06-04-2012 #29
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Re: Facebook IPO
typical pump and dump scheme, keep listening to the TV for investment advice SMH
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