Facebook shares

[fullyautomatix]

on the flight yesterday I read this article,

Facebook IPO: Insiders Cashing Out - WSJ.com

I suggest you take time to read it too


I was fecking shocked !!!!

in the old days, such an act would have been reported as, early investors get cold feet and liquidate

but with the hype around this ipo

in today's world

I was shocked, how this act had been spun as a kind of benefit to the ipo that there would be more shares available



shocking !!!!


read the article a couple of times it is shocking how this act has been spun

Milan.

That link needs a subscription to read but I am sure its a regurgitation of the news that Goldman is liquidating all its Facebook stock. To be honest, you need some common sense to understand what is going on rather than read articles.

[Bunk]

That link needs a subscription to read but I am sure its a regurgitation of the news that Goldman is liquidating all its Facebook stock. To be honest, you need some common sense to understand what is going on rather than read articles.

I think it's about them and Peter Thiel et al almost doubling the amount of shares they're selling for the IPO.

[AtW]

It's normal for investors to sell at IPO - this is their exit route.

If you don't like Facebook model/business then don't buy their shares.

I don't.

[original PM]

not sure what 'product' facebook offers....

AT present it is just a huge amount of people posting absoltue tripe about themselves (and the odd piccie of their boobs! )

so okay you have a big audience for your ads but....

and as someone said on the radio this morning - at present facebook is free but when the shareholders want some returns then will this remanin the case

and then in reality how attractive is facebook if you have to pay for it..?

[scooby]

It's normal for investors to sell at IPO - this is their exit route.

If you don't like Facebook model/business then don't buy their shares.

I don't.

Agreed, I think its the name they are trading on... I'm wondering how long it will be before either new shareholders lose confidence or Facebook will push its users just one step too far. I feel some people are going to lose a lot of money in that investment, I expect shares to start around $34 rise to about $45 at close then drop to about $20 (or less!) when reality kicks in. For a company that makes $1bn profit, the IPO is VERY overpriced and its the name novelty leading the way.

[BrilloPad]

It's normal for investors to sell at IPO - this is their exit route.

If you don't like Facebook model/business then don't buy their shares.

I don't.

WEll I like the SKA model but I would not buy the shares unless I thought they would go up. Call me a scummy investment banker if you want - but that is how alot of people will think.

[Bunk]

The problem is that, despite being able to target ads more accurately than any other medium, not a single person I've ever asked has clicked on a FB ad, never mind bought something through it. Likewise, I don't know anyone who has ever paid for anything in Farmville, Mafia Wars etc. They play them, but only because they're free.

I know there must be people who do click on the ads and buy things in the silly Zynga games but I'm not sure who they are. I watched the programme the other night about Facebook and they had a guy on there who played one of the games on FB and he was talking about how he'd paid £1 to buy a poo shaped like a duck in the game.

And this company accounts for 12% of Facebooks income

[TheFaQQer]

The problem is that, despite being able to target ads more accurately than any other medium, not a single person I've ever asked has clicked on a FB ad, never mind bought something through it.

Be sure to give appropriate feedback to ads on Facebook, though:

[d000hg]

not sure what 'product' facebook offers....

AT present it is just a huge amount of people posting absoltue tripe about themselves (and the odd piccie of their boobs! )

so okay you have a big audience for your ads but....

and as someone said on the radio this morning - at present facebook is free but when the shareholders want some returns then will this remanin the case

and then in reality how attractive is facebook if you have to pay for it..?

Of course FB will remain free. It is being pushed as an ad platform in the same way as Google, although stuff like games is a significant thing too.

[milanbenes]

fundamentals,

they say profit for 2011 was $1bn

Shareprice is valuing the company at $100bn

that's 100 x 2011 profit



Milan.