Facebook - the IPO will change it / getting sued

[TRIX]

LOL @ Facebook being worth of 104 billion dollars 


Imagine how many aircraft carriers one could build with that money 

It is estimated
that a Nimitz Class aircraft carrier costs, on average, $
22 billion dollars each (see below)

Construction Costs – $4.5 billion
Mid-life Overhaul Costs – $2.3 billion
Operating and Support Costs – $14 billion
Other Costs – $1 billion
Total Average Cost – $22 billion each
(As estimated in life-cycle costs of 1997 dollars)

[mass243]

It is estimated
that a Nimitz Class aircraft carrier costs, on average, $
22 billion dollars each (see below)

Construction Costs – $4.5 billion
Mid-life Overhaul Costs – $2.3 billion
Operating and Support Costs – $14 billion
Other Costs – $1 billion
Total Average Cost – $22 billion each
(As estimated in life-cycle costs of 1997 dollars)

whut the fuk 
I like Nimitz Supercarriers, though they're American. They posses serious destruction power and coolness - world's biggest. 

But I never guessed price tag would be so heavy... 

[El Diablo Blanco]

whut the fuk 
I like Nimitz Supercarriers, though they're American. They posses serious destruction power and coolness - world's biggest. 

But I never guessed price tag would be so heavy... 

about $1 billion to make it and $21 billion to grease politicians and funnelled money into swiss accounts.

[MikMaq]

I'm pretty much ready to delete it altogether if it weren't for networking with school buddies it'd already be gone.

[El Diablo Blanco]

I'm pretty much ready to delete it altogether if it weren't for networking with school buddies it'd already be gone.

Ask school buddies for their email addys and do it old school.

[BIG AL MCKECHNIE]

5 mintes later its at $40.03

and 50 minutes later we are at $38.00 again. 

[reppingfor20]

it won't last, online social media sites have a lifespan, myspace, all the other's before it, it will die, people are buying into it for a long term deal are stupid. 

Most of the first generation facebook users have either gone inactive or closed their account, the new users will eventually do that as well.  It is only a matter of time.

[Marty Champions]

they want to hype it up so they can sucker in buyers. face book only makes money from advertisers and these advertisers dont make shit from facebook because no one clicks adds, even if they accidently click no one buys

these advertisers are trying to advertise on facebook because they have money to blow, they invest at best 50,000 and wont even break even

[Nails]

Soon all the Investors will want some kind of return back, and that is when the $19.95 a month membership fee will will happen, $999.95 for corporate accounts , you gotta pay to play


Google+    still sucks balls

[mass243]

If I'm not mistaken, GM just announced they're considering to stop advertising on Facebook !

It was said they did gain barely anything from it.

[El Diablo Blanco]

Like any stock now, they will have to forcast revenue and EPS gains.  When they start issuing 10k statements and they either make money or lost money and not make thier target then you will see this bubble grow or pop.  But there is a lot of pressure now on this company to show it is worth $100 billion which means "SHOW ME THE MUTHERFUCKING MONEY"

Give it a quarter or two.  I bet you the scam is going to be Jewkerberg selling a couple billion of his shares but using that money to invest back into his company to show billions in profits if they have quarters where they fall short.

Right now the CFO who is another jew is working her shell game magic.

[Benny B]

If the underwriters (MS, JPM, et al.)did not prop FB up when it fell back to its IPO price after lunchtime, the stock likely would have closed below $38.00.
Zero pop, only the avoidance of a potential embarrassing first-day drop.

[dr.chimps]

about $1 billion to make it and $21 billion to grease politicians and funnelled money into swiss accounts.

S'truth. Gotta love no-bid military contracts. Gravy.

[mesmorph78]

If the introduce more ads Ill close my account ... twitter is where its at no anyway

[Nails]

Last Sale:    $ 38.2318
Change Net/%:    0.2318  0.61%
Best Bid /Ask:    $ 38.46 / $ 38.47
1 Year Target:    
Today's High/Low:    $ 45 / $ 38
Share Volume:    579,751,827
50 Day Avg. Daily Volume    N/A
Previous Close:    $ 38
52 Week High /Low:    N/A / N/A
Shares Outstanding    635,882,000
Market Value    $ 24,310,913,447.60
Annualized dividend    N/A
Ex Dividend Date    N/A
Dividend Payment Date    N/A
Current Yield    0 %
Beta    0
NASDAQ Official Open Price    $ 42
Date of Open Price    May 18, 2012
NASDAQ Official Close Price    $ 38.37
Date of Close Price    May 18, 2012
Community Sentiment    Rate Facebook, Inc.Bullish




 

[Benny B]

Last Sale:    $ 38.2318
Change Net/%:    0.2318  0.61%
Best Bid /Ask:    $ 38.46 / $ 38.47
1 Year Target:    
Today's High/Low:    $ 45 / $ 38
Share Volume:    579,751,827
50 Day Avg. Daily Volume    N/A
Previous Close:    $ 38
52 Week High /Low:    N/A / N/A
Shares Outstanding    635,882,000
Market Value    $ 24,310,913,447.60
Annualized dividend    N/A
Ex Dividend Date    N/A
Dividend Payment Date    N/A
Current Yield    0 %
Beta    0
NASDAQ Official Open Price    $ 42
Date of Open Price    May 18, 2012
NASDAQ Official Close Price    $ 38.37
Date of Close Price    May 18, 2012
Community Sentiment    Rate Facebook, Inc.Bullish




 

Only the retail $uckers that managed to get in on the stock today paid that opening price.

[Benny B]

 


POSTED May 17, 2012
A Letter from Mark Zuckerberg
About Facebook’s IPO

MENLO PARK, CA (The Borowitz Report) – On the eve of Facebook’s IPO, Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published the following letter to potential investors:


Dear Potential Investor:

For years, you’ve wasted your time on Facebook.  Now here’s your chance to waste your money on it, too.

Tomorrow is Facebook’s IPO, and I know what some of you are thinking.  How will Facebook be any different from the dot-com bubble of the early 2000’s?

For one thing, those bad dot-com stocks were all speculation and hype, and weren’t based on real businesses.  Facebook, on the other hand, is based on a solid foundation of angry birds and imaginary sheep.

Second, Facebook is the most successful social network in the world, enabling millions to share information of no interest with people they barely know.

Third, every time someone clicks on a Facebook ad, Facebook makes money.  And while no one has ever done this on purpose, millions have done it by mistake while drunk.  We totally stole this idea from iTunes.

Finally, if you invest in Facebook, you’ll be far from alone.  As a result of using Facebook for the past few years, over 900 million people in the world have suffered mild to moderate brain damage, impairing their ability to make reasoned judgments.  These will be your fellow Facebook investors.

With your help, if all goes as planned tomorrow, Facebook’s IPO will net $100 billion.  To put that number in context, it would take JP Morgan four or five trades to lose that much money.

One last thing: what will, I, Mark Zuckerberg, do with the $18 billion I’m expected to earn from Facebook’s IPO?  Well, I’m considering buying Greece, but that would still leave me with $18 billion.  LOL.

Friend me,

Mark

[dr.chimps]

I'd rather invest in Greek debt.   

[Natural Man]

soon people wont even have enough money to pay their monthly internet subscription...

[KrAng]

ive read about this, how can this be possible, some people getting shares for less than the opening price upfront?

hows that not insider deals?

You put in an indication of interest with your broker dealer... Depending on their allotment you get shares at the determined offering price.  If demand is high the stock will take orders from people who want to buy but were unable to receive shares. This causes stock price difference before it begins "trading"

[Shockwave]

it won't last, online social media sites have a lifespan, myspace, all the other's before it, it will die, people are buying into it for a long term deal are stupid. 

Most of the first generation facebook users have either gone inactive or closed their account, the new users will eventually do that as well.  It is only a matter of time.

I did.
Worthless shit.

[BIG AL MCKECHNIE]

It was funny watching the price fall steadily during the last hour of trading back to $38.00 then bounce around as the underwriting banks were forced to buy in order to prevent a complete crash. They were obliged to buy when it hit $38.00 to stop it going below.

Their banks ended up owning 86% of the new equity issued. Wait till next week when they start to sell.


A revised S-1 filing made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission disclosed that Facebook’s five key banks ended up owning $13.86bn. Morgan Stanley, its lead adviser, ended the day owning 162m shares, worth £6.16bn, followed by JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, which ended the day with $3.2bn and $2.4bn holdings respectively. Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Barclays Capital each held $1.04bn stakes.

A significant proportion of the shares owned by the banks will have been bid for ahead of the float itself, as part of the banks’ underwriting duties, but a smaller proportion will have come from a result of the banks moving into the market on Friday to maintain the price above its $38-a-share opening level.

[oldtimer1]

Soon all the Investors will want some kind of return back, and that is when the $19.95 a month membership fee will will happen, $999.95 for corporate accounts , you gotta pay to play


Google+    still sucks balls

I thought this might happen too. The stock will crash quick if investors don't make money. If not it's a quick ponzi scheme that will collapse as investors pull out while they are ahead.

 I think at the very least it will be a charge for a status update.  Even if it's 25 cents look how much money they can generate. Remember you are not the customer of facebook.  You are the product to be sold and used.

[reppingfor20]

I did.
Worthless shit.

Right on, it's only a ticking time bomb before the new users that have signed up to this site they find new to them find out what the older users found out after a while, it is worthless and a waste of your time, and giving up your privacy even more now.  No thanks.

[quadzilla456]

LOL @ Facebook being worth of 104 billion dollars  


Imagine how many aircraft carriers one could build with that money 

And Apple is worth 600 Billion - a much more deserved valuation.