Facebook's Roadshow to Start Monday; IPO Set for May 18

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by rottencupcakes • 14 years ago

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tatsuke95• 14 years ago

In case there are people here who don't use WSJ often, you can Google the headline to get around the paywall.

theunixbeard• 14 years ago

So who's buying and who's shorting?

daeken• 14 years ago

Is anyone going to short this? With an IPO of this size, that sounds like the beginning of a story that ends with "and then, in shame, he jumped from his 15th story window."

No matter what you think of its long-term performance potential, I can't understand how anyone would bet against Facebook in the first few weeks.

CyrusL• 14 years ago

It won't be realistic to short FB in the first few weeks. Shorting is dependent on someone lending you shares, and that will cost some absurd fees in the immediate future.

wilfra• 14 years ago

"I can't understand how anyone would bet against Facebook in the first few weeks."

Shorting the other recent internet IPO's (LinkedIn, Pandora, Groupon and Zynga) would have resulted in a profit in each instance. I did a blog post on this because the screenshots illustrate this point far better than words:

http://franceschine.com/post/22247672839/the-case-for-shorti...

saadmalik01• 14 years ago

Full piece here: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&#...

jamescun• 14 years ago

Thank you

sown• 14 years ago

I wish I was smart enough to have worked there. :(

snow_mac• 14 years ago

Any idea on the price? I could buy at opening bell and be rich by noon!

rms• 14 years ago

Anyone know what the minimum purchase quantity is?

dsl• 14 years ago

1 share. Sharebuilder or your broker might have plans to allow you to buy less than one share.

Facebook's Roadshow to Start Monday; IPO Set for May 18

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