Facebook's initial public offering begins today – does it make sense to buy?

by ABCnews.com Posted 2012/05/18 11:57:39

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BrianD3 2012/05/18 14:52:26

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

+3
at $38/share it is very overrated, only day traders flipping stocks will make anything on this. Long term investors will lose a bundle.
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gocar 2012/05/29 00:33:34

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

Nobody takes note of the ads

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Selketskiss 2012/05/27 19:06:41

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

I am no longer a FB user

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aashish 2012/05/19 15:57:26
Apache 2012/05/19 00:09:09

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

Facebook's IPO is a sign it's going down for the count. Mark Zuckerberg is attempting to get everything out of it before it sinks. Only fools and suckers would invest into Facebook now. It's time has come and will soon be gone.

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Brian ☮ R P ☮ 2012 ☮ 2012/05/18 20:17:46

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

The new, recently made mandatory "timeline" feature, is really pissing people using facebook off, and may just result in users revolting en masse.

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Space Invader 2012/05/18 20:08:40

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

+1
It will be boring and out of date for the next young kid to be rich...FB is a game sight anymore..I wouldn't pay anything it has...

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LOU 2012/05/18 18:21:53

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

+1
they offer nothing tangible

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voice_matters 2012/05/18 17:39:52

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

with the obama tax hike in 2013 not sure if investing in a company is a good move. the 39% capital gains tax will make me think alot more about investing in a company when a third of my investment is paid in taxes. not sure if investing in any company will be that good of an idea.

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Fenabarb 2012/05/18 17:06:31

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

+1
Just a hunch

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Torchmanner ~PWCM~JLA 2012/05/18 17:05:23

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

+1
Too new on the market.

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The Libertarian 2012/05/18 16:40:41

Yes, everyone uses it and it will be a valuable stock.

I use facebook for my business which is home based, this month I processed already more than 10,000 dollars in domestic sales on 329 items and its the 18 of May not bad plus I bought stock in facebook today at the opening, facebook has 900 million users all over the world to not even take a change would be stupid.

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Flowers 2012/05/18 16:20:16

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

+1
Today, the prices are probably highly inflated. Problem is, when they obviously go down, people will have some crazy reason for it. What goes up, must come down.

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Charge 2012/05/18 16:18:21

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

+2
Expansion and visibility is a real question.

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Matt Gray 2012/05/18 15:50:19

Yes, everyone uses it and it will be a valuable stock.

Holy crap yes. If had the money I'd be buying into this immediately. This stock is going to go up, up, and further up. It's an extremely good idea to buy into it. I know a few investors from my political community buying a bunch of them today.

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fuzzy Ken "In G-d We Trust" 2012/05/18 15:34:14

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

+1
I think I'll stick to gold and silver.
In the long-term they are far safer.

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All American 2012/05/18 15:07:36

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

Not until the dust settles after the IPO and things become more clear.

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BrianD3 2012/05/18 14:52:26

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

+3
at $38/share it is very overrated, only day traders flipping stocks will make anything on this. Long term investors will lose a bundle.

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Risk 2012/05/18 14:46:13

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

+3
At this point in time I would much rather be buying Gold / Silver !

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fuzzy K... to Risk 2012/05/18 15:35:12

+2
Did you buy during the past two weeks' dip?

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Risk to fuzzy K... 2012/05/18 16:36:39

+1
Yes, been dealing in it for 30 years but started seriously stashing some private reserve for past 6 years. Got gold at 500 and 1800 but if I averaged it I have somewhere around 1200 per oz at present. approx. sm with silver.

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fuzzy K... to Risk 2012/05/18 16:43:10

+1
I started in December 2010. Initially bought gold but now I'm starting to buy silver.
Next step: emptying my safe deposit box and getting a wall safe.
http://www.sodahead.com/unite...

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Risk to fuzzy K... 2012/05/18 17:07:45

People always come to me to buy when it gets to a peak but now that it's down most don't want it ... if it gets back to $1900 they will be waiting for me to open the doors. My advice is to buy when you have some extra cash, extra being the key word .. ; )

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Waldorf 2012/05/18 14:21:52

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

+3
Facebook may be adding advertisers, but users are heading for the door in droves.

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The Lib... to Waldorf 2012/05/18 16:41:43

You would be wrong Bob, Facebook is global not local.

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Waldorf to The Lib... 2012/05/18 16:46:17

Then all the reports of people abandoning Facebook as meaningless to them are wrong, aren't they? What does global versus local mean to you?

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The Lib... to Waldorf 2012/05/19 00:38:11

You're kidding right, Facebook is Worldwide not just in the US. Yes they are wrong, some people have left just like any other product, but to say in droves is wrong, completely wrong, but I do have a question for you, why are you so against facebook its nothing more than a program designed for social interaction and its free, so whats the deal.

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Waldorf to The Lib... 2012/05/19 13:50:43

Why do you care what I think? It was just a casual observation. You haven't shown me to be wrong.

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TheR 2012/05/18 12:37:13

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

+2
I heard F**k book was more popular. You must get it in your spam box.

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enaud 2012/05/18 12:34:28

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

+1
I guess it all depends on how and why you buy stock.....If I had the chance to buy this morning, then yes. I expect a 10% gain today.......of course by the end of the day I would be selling.
At one time Apple was considered a high risk stock and many said it was stupid to buy.

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Duke----The Non Racist, Fun... 2012/05/18 12:16:53 (edited)

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

+1
Absolutely not.

Stock analyst themselves had said they sure would not buy any stocks in FB considering that FB would have to add an impossible amount of advertising revenue to be worth the fabricated billions FB say it is worth.

But folks, go ahead and buy, because as the owner of FB thinks of and has said about his users of his site, he sure is right when he said this...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/...

If you buy or even use that scum of a site, then this just proves what he said about you.

Hey, after all, Stupid is as Stupid Does.

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Rusty Shackleford 2012/05/18 12:08:05

No, the long-term risks for the company are real.

+2
I will not buy it.

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