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Facebook- anyone buying the stock- why or why not

  • Do you still use the site? Tired of it? Love it? Think it will last as a publicly traded company?

    Coastal Eer ●

  • Coastal Eer said...

    Do you still use the site? Tired of it? Love it? Think it will last as a publicly traded company?

    Yes
    No
    No
    Yes

    Should you buy it? Completely wrong forum.

    rolltide06 ●

  • I would say not to buy simply because it is only perceived value. New tech, new forum could render it worthless overnight, with no real tangible assets of value to sell off. That being said it will very likely remain profitable selling personal information of it's users.

    Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken

    MJRuffalo ●

  • i like it shrugbut everyone i talk to about the stock said to beware and it wont hold its value in the end

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    shoeless7777

  • shoeless7777 said...

    i like it shrugbut everyone i talk to about the stock said to beware and it wont hold its value in the end

    Why not? What do they think will replace it?

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    @BillyEN4C

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  • shoeless7777 said...

    i like it shrugbut everyone i talk to about the stock said to beware and it wont hold its value in the end

    Get in and out like you would with a virgin Shoeless. There is money to be made in it for at LEAST a couple of years at worst.

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    RATT

  • I had heard not to buy their initial shares. And that it's over priced.

    Will be interesting to see what happens since GM pulled out of ads.

    ButchCassidy ●

  • dont think they know exactly but the fact that they could be replaced by the next big "thing" has everyone running a little scared ; their multiples are almost 100-1 which is outta site as most good companies are around 14 -1 ( no expert at all on ratio's etc ) - they dont have a ton of tangible assets and lots of good will . I will own some just for the upside but just dont know in terms of a long term play

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    shoeless7777

  • with the amount of capital they have any new thing will get bought buy facebook quickly, before they even make a blip on the radar .. unless this new venture is backed by like Exxon or something, facebook is pretty safe as far as being around for a long time .. I'm not interested in owning any of it though.

    printsofPA

  • BillyEN4C said...

    Why not? What do they think will replace it?

    I could see it losing interest. Lots of people are getting more wary of using it, not to mention the company doesn't actually sell any goods. General Motors is now pulling all their paid advertising from the website, saying it is ineffective. I'd imagine a company like that has the resources to due their due diligence. Wouldn't be surprising if others followed suit.

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    Status ●

  • I highly doubt that mutual fund managers are going to buy the IPO. If you wanna own facebook then wait a few months and go get a mutual fund with facebook in it. Single stocks are way too risky.

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  • The situation with GM might spell disaster with the company. GM did not leave Facebook. What they've done is stopped using the PAID advertisements (banners and the like) and are relying solely on the viral aspect (page, updates, etc., just like Twitter). That service is FREE. If the industry concludes the viral (free) advertising is more effective that the real (paid) advertising, it will either kill Facebook's method of making profit or force them to charge for those pages which would also end up killing their profit. Going to be an interesting few months IMO.

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    sf2k4 ●

  • Facebook is constantly reinventing itself. This may sound like I am being prisoner of the moment, but I don't see anyone surpassing Facebook as a social networking site for a long time. In my opinion it will become one of the biggest companies in the world in a few years.

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    "Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule." - Friedrich Nietzsche

    joetheogre ●

  • Facebooks user numbers will slow in growth just due to the number of people on it. Also, there are growing questions on the effectiveness of their advertising model. Add in their questionable valuation on instagram and there are concerns. However they have done a great job growing and adding technology and if they can figure out the ad effectiveness it will grow. I don't know many people who will have the ability to get into the IPO so I would wait a little bit.

    shaunsimpson ●

  • trading down 12% at the moment

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    BamaShack

  • FB's only real revenue stream is advertising. If they want to consistently grow revenues they will have to consider user fees, membership fees, etc. People on wall street don't care how many users FB has if they aren't growing revenue ever year.

    I would stay away.

    Big A ●

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