ot: Anyone getting FB shares ?

grote15 · July 14, 2015 12:49PM

<< Actually the IPO was a disaster as the stock fell 60% in the first 6 months.

Below is a list of stocks that "the market" currently thinks are worth less than FB. I wonder what would happen to society if FB disappeared tomorrow vs the sudden loss of Budweiser, Disney, Coca-Cola or ATT?

>>

Anyone bailing out of a stock after 6 months probably shouldn't be investing in IPOs to begin with.

And is probably cursing themselves now if they had..

That said, had I bought shares at the start, I'd probably think about selling at least half now to lock in the win.

Justacommeman · July 14, 2015 1:02PM

I just re read this thread. Human nature is awesome

mark

Justacommeman · July 14, 2015 1:21PM

<< Actually the IPO was a disaster as the stock fell 60% in the first 6 months.

Below is a list of stocks that "the market" currently thinks are worth less than FB. I wonder what would happen to society if FB disappeared tomorrow vs the sudden loss of Budweiser, Disney, Coca-Cola or ATT?
>>

IPO's are trickier these days are more companies come unto the market with roots already imbedded.

To answer your question there would be upheaval if FB disappeared tomorrow as opposed to those other companies. FB touches more people's lives more times a day. They will continue to find ways to monetize this as well. That was a lay up.

Mark

bluelobster · July 14, 2015 10:57PM

FB is a very creative company that has made a huge amount of money and has 100s of millions of followers, but the IPO was far from a lay up, it was as Gary Player said about Chambers Bay.."devestatating" , but no doubt it has turned a tidy profit for those that hung on. congrats to you MJ,

Personally, not sure if you guys have heard of them, but I'm waiting on Myspace to get spun off, I think they are on the cutting edge of social media

DrBuster · July 16, 2015 6:28AM

Global big data gathering and social experimentation is profitable as hell.

RedneckHB · July 16, 2015 10:18AM

Yup, kids all around the globe are so excited to visit Menlo Park and ride a segway around FB headquarters.

And in bars across the country patrons line the bar ordering a Jack & Facebook.

Facebooks are dispensed in toilet stalls everywhere.

And nothing is more refreshing after mowing the lawn that an ice cold facebook.

I get 50 mpg when I fill my car with facebook.

derryb · July 16, 2015 10:23AM

Facebook gives every nobody an opportunity to be somebody else.

bidask · July 16, 2015 10:26AM

I just joined Facebook! 😀

RedneckHB · July 16, 2015 11:05AM

<< I just joined Facebook! 😀 >>

Send me a friend request.

Justacommeman · July 16, 2015 1:57PM

<< Yup, kids all around the globe are so excited to visit Menlo Park and ride a segway around FB headquarters.

And in bars across the country patrons line the bar ordering a Jack & Facebook.

Facebooks are dispensed in toilet stalls everywhere.

And nothing is more refreshing after mowing the lawn that an ice cold facebook.

I get 50 mpg when I fill my car with facebook. >>

Makes zero sense and what flew right over your head was the fact that Bud, Coke , ATT could all be replaced in a New York minute with any like product and would cause zero interruption. Give me a Pepsi, Miller and Verizon please with my FB. Or give me some DR Pepper, Coors and some T Mobile while I Facebook. Time to fill up? Sunoco, Mobil, Texaco on every corner. Disney has a franchise that at least has a sniff of what FB has. I own DIS as its a great franchise with little competition and can monetize in many ways. Like FB

Dave, you are losing a step. Get with the program

Mark

Justacommeman · July 16, 2015 2:03PM

<< I just joined Facebook! 😀 >>

Time to sell

Mark

RedneckHB · July 17, 2015 5:39AM

I get exactly what you meant Mark, but apparently I went over your head.

I get the monetization nonsense. But to me it just manipulating or exploiting human behavior. The benefit oftentimes is not for the consumer. And this you know as its your profession.

Take away FB and we have Twitter, or email, or any other messaging system. I'm sure AAPL could develop an alternative in about 3 months. If I want to watch ads I'll turn on the TV.

This would not be a happy place if they took away Budweiser.

Baley · July 17, 2015 6:17AM

Anyone getting FB shares ?

Not by themselves, but definitely have a share or two among the top holdings of some mutual funds

grote15 · July 17, 2015 2:20PM

The truth is that a large sector of society (certainly not reflected by this demographic) is far more dependent on FB than any specific good or product (never underestimate the inherent need for celebrity approximation in today's society). As Mark says, you can replace any one of the most popular brand name products with a virtually identical one to achieve the same result. There is no substitute (at this time) for FB as far as the need for social media (Twitter is likely the closest approximation we have to FB), and though AAPL *may" be able to develop a similar platform at some point, the fact that they haven't, further reflects just how strong a stranglehold FB has in social media, which for better or worse, is dominant in our society today, and among a very large swath of the population, too. All that translates into lucrative returns reflected by FB share prices..

BAJJERFAN · July 18, 2015 12:10AM

FB might be another one of those to crack $500 sometime.

Justacommeman · October 23, 2015 3:47AM

$100+ and counting. New all time high

mark

streeter · October 24, 2015 5:24AM

Matt Drudge refers to FB & TWIT as the new internet ghettos.

There was no substitute for AOL, until there was.

There was no substitute for MySpace, until there was.

There was no substitute for Eastman Kodak, until there was.

There was no substitute for Vacumm tubes, until there was.

AD infinitum...

seebelow · October 24, 2015 6:21AM

a couple pages back someone stated that brokers don't want to deal with clients that are considered day traders. i have heard that before. But why is that? I would think they are making even more money since they are commission based. More volume = more money. No?

renman95 · October 24, 2015 7:39AM

I wonder if Trump still has his shares. I remember him making the call on CNBC around August 2012, "I bought Facebook at $19."

seebelow · October 24, 2015 7:41PM

Im sure he would have trumpeted it.

Baley · October 25, 2015 2:10AM

Originally posted by: streeter

Matt Drudge refers to FB & TWIT as the new internet ghettos.

There was no substitute for AOL, until there was.

There was no substitute for MySpace, until there was.

There was no substitute for Eastman Kodak, until there was.

There was no substitute for Vacumm tubes, until there was.

AD infinitum...

Agreed. I've heard it put, that Twitter used to be like old friends, reading Vanity Fair and the New Yorker and discussing articles over coffee on Sunday morning, and now it's like a bunch of drunks in a bar at 2:30am. Facebook? I had an account for a few months, just to see what all the fuss was about. Now it's a case of been there, done that. Next?

Even this forum was a gas, way back when metals went up sometimes.

Now, what more is there to say? Oh, silver is up a dime, let's see the picture of the roller coaster again!

Justacommeman · October 25, 2015 1:03PM

You should only invest in what you feel comfortable with and know. You also need to know when to jump off. However, I get the feeling that so many people here either distrust stocks or just like telling others how over valued stocks are all the way up.

mark

Justacommeman · July 27, 2016 9:47AM

All time high after crushing earnings. Was $131 in after hours trading.

mark

9adam77 · July 27, 2016 11:21AM

FB will never hit $500 a share, your talking a market cap of over a trillion dollars which no company on this planet has ever come close to. there are 2.3billion shares outstanding in this company. so every $1 it goes up adds 2billion in market cap which currently stands at over 350 billion which is already one of the richest companies on the planet. people need to stop looking at share prices and look at shares outstanding. this being a collectors universe forum should be heads up, now your a talking about stock with a massively small amount of shares outstanding where if they could grow the business your talking a stock price that could explode. 8.9 million total shares outstanding. do the math compared to facebook hahaha not even in the same universe.

renman95 · July 27, 2016 1:21PM

I think at one time Apple was worth around $700B, now about $575B. FB only needs to double in share price to beat that. It took Apple, what, thirty years to reach that lofty level. How long for FB, if ever?

VanHalen · July 27, 2016 3:28PM

If FB can approach AMZN like P/Es it will soar over a $ trillion in market cap. Their market values are roughly equal today with FB P/E at 75 and AMZN at 300, so if buyers think FB will continue to soar??

TwoSides2aCoin · July 28, 2016 7:19AM

FB is part of the nest egg.

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