PUBLIC OPINION > Facebook Stock Is the End of Zuckerberg's Reign
SodaHead News
2012/06/01 17:00:00
Mark Zuckerberg was all smiles when Facebook launched its IPO at $38 a share last month. But when prices dropped below $28, he was immediately ousted from Bloomberg's Billionaire Index, which lists the 40 richest people in the world. Does this mean Zuckerberg's days at the top of the social media food chain are through? Will he soon be replaced by MySpace 3.0? We asked the public.
It's a close call, but the public does not see good things in Zuckerberg's future. It's not like he's going to be out on the street or anything -- in fact, now that he owns millions of shares in the company, his wealth is more tangible than ever. But the drop does demonstrate a real lack of faith in the company's growth potential, which means Facebook could soon go the way of MySpace (and Zuckerberg the way of Tom). Although, the stock did take a leap toward $30 Thursday afternoon...
The Big Money's on Mark
Despite the lack of faith, voters who make more than $75,000 a year are putting their money on Facebook. Not literally, at least not that we know of, but they were far more likely to put in a vote of confidence. The stock did go up again on Thursday for the first time in a week, which is a good sign. Hey, the stock market's a crazy game. It's not over 'til the fat lady sells!
Teens Think It's the End
Leave it to the teens to sock it to Facebook. Teens were more eager to see the end of Zuckerberg's reign, probably because Timeline did their heads in a bit. Voters over the age of 55, on the other hand, kept cool and admitted that Zuckerberg could stay on top, though only by a small margin. Lucky for Zuckerberg, those teens probably aren't playing the market. Not yet, at least.
Smokers Shut Him Down
There was a lot of pessimism going around, but none were so sure as the smokers. Three-quarters of the smoking population was convinced it was curtains for Zuckerberg. Why is that? Could it be that smokers are a little more cynical in general? It fits a stereotype, but we couldn't say beyond the implications of this poll. Maybe their friends keep posting pictures of them with cigs in their hands on Facebook.
If you'd like to vote on this question, dig deeper into the demographics, or engage in existing discussion about the topic, visit our poll about Mark Zuckerberg. We'd love to hear from you!
And what exactly is the incredible idea of Facebook? I mean, what does it offer that you can't find on other forums like SodaHead? ...Identity theft.
Give it time, it will start to stabilise in the market and the true value of the shares will come out to the values. Its not under priced yet and still profitable.
Probably someone who wants to buy out Facebook via Green Mailing, a technique used to push down stock to the lowest and then take over the company by the purchase of shares could also be taking place in the background. It would be a good idea to take a look at the behind the scenes purchases and trends of the stakeholders and watch and see who has been buying the stocks at their lowest and dumping them when they start to climb to keep the prices low and always falling till they reach their desired price for a Green Mail takeover.
Its a technique deployed by many companies and governments around the world ...
Give it time, it will start to stabilise in the market and the true value of the shares will come out to the values. Its not under priced yet and still profitable.
Probably someone who wants to buy out Facebook via Green Mailing, a technique used to push down stock to the lowest and then take over the company by the purchase of shares could also be taking place in the background. It would be a good idea to take a look at the behind the scenes purchases and trends of the stakeholders and watch and see who has been buying the stocks at their lowest and dumping them when they start to climb to keep the prices low and always falling till they reach their desired price for a Green Mail takeover.
Its a technique deployed by many companies and governments around the world to cripple the finances and economy by making people and business balance sheet insolvent. The secret to stay afloat in such a situation is to keep pumping funds from the reserves until it stabilises which is possible if couple of trusted aides get together and start to pull the stock up by pooling finances together until it reaches breakeven point. Until then the operational costs are higher than the profits.
Its the similar situation that we witness at the advent of the Euro and many of the European countries invested heavily into the currency thereby jacking up the value of the country's own currency.
Its all about undervaluation and overvaluation of the shares which bring about the flow of money depending on the amount in hand in reality and the profitability margin.
External environment also plays an important role and that is something that many have to check. Mark planned his marriage at the wrong time, it was obvious that he was with her, could have secretly gotten married and told the world later as such news affects the stock pricing. His pending court cases are another thing that would put investors out as he would need more time to iron out issues plaguing the company, the rivalry with the original partner who helped start Facebook (who could be a Green Mailer) which is public knowledge and of course internal stories and controversies that have become public knowledge could have issues but also work in the favour of the company as it generates publicity and attention wherein the company gets the name and in time it builds a foundation as many try to investigate to find out more and discover that the deficits actually lie in the main market index that put the stock on sale at an inflated price without taking into consideration the current state of the economy and providing adequate insurance and backing to protect the investment and backing in terms of indemnity or other packages. It is when these reserves are completely depleted would the company and reign of the current owner come to an end but until then, Mark is still the owner of Facebook bearing the liabilities of his plummeting stock and above all fighting hard to save his name while honeymooning in Italy and withdrawing money from an ATM. He should have been more responsible and kept his wedding plans on the shelf or gotten married earlier especially when there was such a huge business decision and investment made.
So now its all part of the waiting game and the end result of the stock game is who gets the higher percentage ownership with the total number of shares floated and then applies for the hostile takeover of the company as a whole or probably reach a settlement wherein the two companies merge their profits create a common platform but have different names and titular heads claiming ownership. Check the owners of Twitter and MySpace who are the other two major competitors in social networking and could be behind this orchestration to create one platform with different names as its all about the money, they feed into one source and that is the source which is always the target and in this case it is Facebook.
Anyone capable of starting from a website while in college and become a $billionaire in just a few short years, is not finished by any stretch of the imagination.
Get ready for round 2 - or better known as the comeback. People love to get rich with very little effort, Zuckerberg is the type that can sucker plenty of people into getting rich for real.
Alrighty then, step right up and place your bets, all. Zuckerberg and his magic will defy all odds as usual. After all, that's why folks were salivating the first time around.
Something the Smart investors pointed out when the IPO was announced.
He makes no money from the "F***ing idiots" that use his service. By the way those are teh words he used about his clientele that use FB in an interview. Which is why I dropped FB. I dont want to do any business with a company that thinks that about me.
Hell, people still use myspace.
first off the libs are not boycotting facebook which is owned by the 1%. wonder why that is. where are the ows libs now? why did i go see a movie this weekend and not see a single ows protester about the amount of money the hollywood 1% just made.
facebook went public at a time when teh market is going down thanks to the euro and the unstable ecomony of the european union. soon only england will survive.