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Facebook ‘most valuable company ever’
My expectations of Facebook shares is they will rise after the IPO in the short term.
Ie. they will trade above what fundamentals will suggest due to sheer demand of people wanting to own a slice of Facebook.
Medium term I'm not so confident as Facebook has to prove itself.
Longterm if it can monetize it's assets then yes it could grow to a $200billion plus company however that is a speculative trade at this point.
I'm more bullish on stocks like Apple and Google which represent far better Read more [...]
Who is buying Facebook Shares? And should you? – Jamie McIntyre
Facebook shares are due to go public in coming weeks as one of the largest Tech IPOs of all time raising as much as $10billion and a market valuation close to $100billion.
It currently generates around $3.7billion in sales and just under $1billion in profit.
At a $100billion valuation which is the price private share trades have been taking place, that's a massive 100 times earnings multiple compared to 13 times average for the stock market.
However it isn’t unusual for a fast growing Read more [...]
Facebook Co-Founder Taps Into Skyrocketing $600M Net Worth, Buys The New Republic
Original article by Brian Soloman from Forbes
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes’ net worth has soared as the company he helped start in a Harvard dorm room raked in hundreds of millions of users. Facebook filed for an IPO at the start of February and Hughes’ minority stake in the company is worth at least $600 million — and possibly much more when it finally goes public.
While he has long been active in political and social causes, Hughes made a big splash Friday morning when he announced Read more [...]
Facebook profit slides ahead of IPO
Original article in smh.com.au
Tuesday, April 24 2012
Facebook's revenue declined sequentially in the first quarter, the weakest top-line performance by the world's largest social media network since at least 2010.
Facebook, which is preparing for an initial public offering that could value it at up to $US100 billion, said spending roughly doubled over the past 12 months, outpacing the 45 per cent revenue increase during the period.
Net income slid 12 per cent to $US205 million in the Read more [...]
Facebook shares have pushed its value over $100billion market value
Facebook shares have pushed its value over $100billion market value
150,000 Facebook shares sold for $44 each in the latest auction on Share Post, a trading platform for stocks in private companies, according to news.com.au
That's a 10% gain from the company's previous high of $40 a share.
At $44 a share , Facebook is worth around $103.5billion.
Shares have risen from low $30s before it filed for its IPO.
It is planned to list on Nasdaq in May for around $100 billion.
21st Century Read more [...]
Wow, it seems Australians really do care by Jamie McIntyre
Wow, It Seems Australians Really Do Care About The Idea Of A New 21st Century Political System To Replace The Current, Out-Dated One
I must say I'm pleasantly surprised and impressed.
Not only at how many people care about the future of our country but also how much they’re willing to do something about it. The number of people who have made the effort to email and/or post their comments and join the discussion has been huge.
Check out the New 21st Century Political System Fan Page to read Read more [...]
Australia Should Learn a Thing or Two From Google and Facebook – by Jamie McIntyre
Australia Should Learn a Thing or Two From Google and Facebook - by Jamie McIntyre
I’m currently writing a book about 21 lessons I learnt from Sir Richard Branson.
One of Branson’s key business lessons is to value people as the greatest asset to a company. In many industries the only difference between competitors are their teams of people.
A better team of people are more passionate, highly skilled and all treated as equals.
If you observe the Read more [...]
