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To: DonaldC

You do understand that FACEBOOK is all over the world. They make money so many different ways, not just by ads.


18 posted on 05/19/2012 8:48:17 PM PDT by Hildy ("When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." - SocratesHill not text while dri)
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To: Hildy

I don’t have to understand any business that sets an IPO price at an unheard of 100 X earnings. Time will tell, but right now Facebook is probably one of the most overpriced IPO in the modern era. If it had been priced at 20 - 30 X earnings that would have been high, but reasonable.

From a purely valuation standpoint, the money they are making now can not justify it’s price. For anyone who bought it at somewhere between $39 - $42 on Friday, maybe if they hold it for 2 or three years they make something. Of course they could get lucky, if there is a huge short position the insiders could start buying and selling amongst themselves, drive the price up in a short squeeze.


26 posted on 05/19/2012 9:17:21 PM PDT by Beatthedrum
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To: Hildy

It is priced @ p/e 90+, sans dividend, just saying. But it got notoriety, so that must be worth something, right?


34 posted on 05/19/2012 9:58:02 PM PDT by guyfromjrz (fresh breath, it speaks for itself.)
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