Zuckerberg has essentially suckered millions into taking his company public... the company has experienced just about all the growth it can expect to see - at least in the short term. The underwriters got a bit greedy with the pricing as well, which is typical of Wall Street. Anyone who knows anything about investing will stay away from Facebook, at least in the short term. The thing that separates Facebook from other large tech firms (which are completely volatile stocks in the first place) like Google, Apple, Oracle, Microsoft etc. is that Facebook doesn't make any products - they're simply data collectors/huge advertising medium for other companies to market their products. Again, there are a few areas for growth in FB (mobile, China, etc.) but not many. I wouldn't touch the stock for a year at least. Facebook's reputation prior to the IPO had a huge effect on it's initial public pricing - investment bankers capitalized on that.
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