Facebook IPO watch.

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thegimp03

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Facebook on the open market is indeed a big gamble. Many of the recent tech IPOs have failed miserably; Zynga and Pandora for example.

However, if you can get FB shares at the underwritten value ($38) before it hits the market, you can make a quick buck.

A couple of my friends I've known from high-school will become multi-millionaires tomorrow! w00t! :D

You should have asked them to get access to buy some shares at the listing price.
 

SP33Demon

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Jun 22, 2001
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Facebook on the open market is indeed a big gamble. Many of the recent tech IPOs have failed miserably; Zynga and Pandora for example.

However, if you can get FB shares at the underwritten value ($38) before it hits the market, you can make a quick buck.

A couple of my friends I've known from high-school will become multi-millionaires tomorrow! w00t! :D

You guys are funny, comparing FB to Zynga and Pandora and Groupon and Myspace like it's even close. The only two giants of advertising will be Facebook and Google when the dust clears. Look at LinkedIn, you would have doubled your money if you bought last year. Yes, I know it's at 700 P/E or whatever, but let's not even try to compare diminutive LinkedIn to FB.

I'd also like to add that the very reason you guys are naysaying Facebook (everyone and their mom will buy it) is the very reason they're successful and will continue to make money (everyone and their moms are using it). Get in early and double your money, it's that simple.
 
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People are naysaying FB because of the $100B market cap on $1B of earnings.

There is more to it than just that,. But really, how will they grow their earnings?
 

Nintendesert

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People are naysaying FB because of the $100B market cap on $1B of earnings.

There is more to it than just that,. But really, how will they grow their earnings?



The people running Facebook don't care. This is a huge cash grab by everyone involved and they are going to jump ship as soon as they can and take their money and run.
 

JTsyo

Lifer
Nov 18, 2007
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But most recent Nasdaq IPOs have typically begun trading a few minutes before 11 a.m. ET.

Seems like we have a bit more to go before we see the debut.
 

Blackjack200

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May 28, 2007
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You should have asked them to get access to buy some shares at the listing price.

The only investors that will have access to FaceBook at IPO price are the top clients at the investment banks underwriting the offering. FB employees won't get a sniff.
 

SP33Demon

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Jun 22, 2001
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The people running Facebook don't care. This is a huge cash grab by everyone involved and they are going to jump ship as soon as they can and take their money and run.

I'd recommend getting in early and participating in the cash grab. After the initial dump in a week or so, then pick it back up cheap if you don't want to assume the risk today but still want to invest long term in them.
 

Nintendesert

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I'd recommend getting in early and participating in the cash grab. After the initial dump in a week or so, then pick it back up cheap if you don't want to assume the risk today but still want to invest long term in them.



Well that's all I see them as is a short term money maker and a long term failure. I really just don't like their business model at all.
 

SunnyD

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Jan 2, 2001
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The only investors that will have access to FaceBook at IPO price are the top clients at the investment banks underwriting the offering. FB employees won't get a sniff.

That all depends on how their employment offers are written - if there's an option clause, then they would get a flat number of shares regardless of the price.
 

RichieZ

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you won't get an allocation at fidelity, i have well over that amount in assets (I worked at one of the other companies listed in the OP article) and haven't gotten a single share of any hot IPO they offered. But of course I put in for an allocation of FB just in case.

Ok I lied, I got a whole 50 shares allocated to me.

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Riverhound777

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Aug 13, 2003
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Exciting day for my company. Expecting $30-50mill worth of shares. We also own private shares but can't sell those for 6 months. Fingers crossed!
 

SP33Demon

Lifer
Jun 22, 2001
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Scottrade hasn't cleared the money I sent them earlier in the week, so slightly pissed that I won't be getting any shares.
 

purbeast0

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Sep 13, 2001
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wish i knew a thing or two about the stock market so i could have known how the f to get in on this lol.
 

Riverhound777

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Wow my company ended up getting a lot more than expected! Today will either be the best day ever or we are screwed.
 

Blackjack200

Lifer
May 28, 2007
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That all depends on how their employment offers are written - if there's an option clause, then they would get a flat number of shares regardless of the price.

Those are equities awarded directly by FaceBook, I'm talking about the IPO underwritten by the investment banks.
 

feralkid

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Jan 28, 2002
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You guys are funny, comparing FB to Zynga and Pandora and Groupon and Myspace like it's even close. The only two giants of advertising will be Facebook and Google when the dust clears. Look at LinkedIn, you would have doubled your money if you bought last year. Yes, I know it's at 700 P/E or whatever, but let's not even try to compare diminutive LinkedIn to FB.

I'd also like to add that the very reason you guys are naysaying Facebook (everyone and their mom will buy it) is the very reason they're successful and will continue to make money (everyone and their moms are using it). Get in early and double your money, it's that simple.

Yes, but only by shorting or dumping at the end of the day.





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Capt Caveman

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That all depends on how their employment offers are written - if there's an option clause, then they would get a flat number of shares regardless of the price.

They will get stock options, restricted stock grants, etc in the pennies to a few dollars. They won't care about being able to buy into the IPO.
 
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