20 yo to 27yo -$0 to $100 billion - Facebook.....

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Basecurve
Basecurve
WA
196 posts
WA, 196 posts
24 May 2012 3:55pm
evlPanda said...

Basecurve said...

I see FB increased the size of it IPO by 25 % this week and increased the float price to $38.00.
Yet Apple makes more $$ per month than FB does in a year.
Caveat Emptor as our Latino friends like to say....


Perhaps that's why AAPL shares are around the $550 mark.


No secret the AAPL is capped at over $500 Billion
The point was that "FacePlant" is (or was) was being valued like it was an Apple and yet with earnings already slowing.
Zuckerberg would be pissing himself.... Mum and Dad investors might not find it so funny now.
Macroscien
Macroscien
QLD
6809 posts
QLD, 6809 posts
24 May 2012 9:12pm
If I were a Greece president I would put all money (that they don't have anyway) on shorting The Facebook.
In few months Greece could be debt free legally (Europe saved) or all debt will be cancelled anyway.
win -win situation
adolf
adolf
1862 posts
1862 posts
24 May 2012 7:25pm
Trant said...

pweedas said...
Oh, I see. You mean short selling. i.e selling shares now that you don't own because you know you can buy them next week for cheaper.


That's not how short selling is supposed to work.

Proper practice is to 'borrow' some shares for a fee with the intention of giving them back after a short period of time. In the meantime, you would sell those shares and then buy them back.

e.g.
Bob lends me 100 shares in Facebook in return for $100
I sell the shares to Jill at $38 each
1 week later I buy back 100 shares from Julian at $32 for a profit of $600
I give the shares back to Bob

I've just made $500.


I'd say now is a very good time to go short on our fat companies. When the markets are in turmoil - great time to cut down all the tall poppies and make a few dollars at their expense. I haven't done it myself - haven't really grasped the concept. I've always gone long. Still learning, I guess.

Capitalism is a two edged sword - a wonderful thing.
stuk
stuk
NSW
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cisco
cisco
QLD
12365 posts
QLD, 12365 posts
25 May 2012 10:46pm
^^^^I think the guy has nailed it.

For me to invest money in shares of a company, the company has to have some physical assets.
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