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5/22/2012, 11:27 PM ET
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  • 7:53 PM Vanguard's Jack Bogle takes advantage of Facebook's (FB) plunge and the negative impact it's had on the psyche of the retail investor to hammer home the merits of index investing. Bogle says: "It all comes down to value and it all goes away from price, and avoiding IPO's and avoiding individual stocks is the best strategy for investors." (video)
    18 Comments
    [U.S. Economy, Tech]
  • 7:10 PM As Finra and the SEC investigate allegations that analysts cut their Facebook (FB -8.9%) estimates ahead of its IPO and only shared the info with select clients, a source tells BI the estimates were cut because a Facebook exec told them to. Backing up this claim is a May 11 Bloomberg column in which sources claim Facebook is telling analysts its sales "may not meet their most optimistic projections."
    7 Comments
    [Tech]
  • 6:38 PM Renowned NYU finance prof. Aswath Damodaran assigns Facebook (FB -8.9%) a value of $29/share, a little below today's $31 closing price, based on a detailed valuation analysis. His assumptions: Facebook's annual revenue growth will average 40% over the next 5 years before slowing; its operating margin will fall from a sky-high 45.68% to 35%; and its cost of capital will be a relatively high 11.42% (to account for higher-than-normal risk). (Blodget's valuation)
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    [Tech, Quick Ideas]
  • 2:56 PM The SEC and Finra look set to launch separate investigations of the Facebook IPO. Finra Chief Rick Ketchum calls allegations analysts for the lead underwriters leaked negative views about FB to select clients ahead of the IPO, "a matter of regulatory concern."
    5 Comments
    [Breaking News, Financials, Tech]
  • 1:27 PM Maybe Facebook (FB) won't prove a major boon for newspapers after all: AppData reports the Washington Post (WPO) and The Guardian have each seen dramatic falls in monthly users for their Facebook "social reader" apps, following news feed changes. Peter Kafka is pleased. "I don’t need to automatically know what my friends are reading — I only want to know about the articles they want me to read." Many users might not be crazy about sharing all of their reading activity either.
    2 Comments
    [Tech, Consumer]
  • 11:34 AM Facebook's (FB) precipitous decline yesterday tripped a circuit-breaker just 15 minutes after the open and triggered restrictions on shorting. The break will remain in place until the end of today's session. Finra data shows that 23.6M Facebook shares were shorted on Friday and 6.4M yesterday.
    4 Comments
    [Tech, On the Move, Consumer]
  • 9:43 AM It's happening again. Facebook (FB -7%) dives in early trading to $31.65 - shares are now down 17% from their $38 IPO price, though the company's multiples are still high. If Facebook doesn't soon reverse course, class-action suits over last week's increase in its offering price may just be a matter of time. (also)
    10 Comments
    [Tech, On the Move]
  • 8:52 AM Finra will oversee a process that will try to reconcile the botched trades that resulted from the technical problems that hit Facebook's (FB) debut on Nasdaq (NDAQ). Finra's review adds to an inquiry at the SEC.
    Comment!
    [Tech, Consumer]
  • 8:32 AM Analysts at Facebook's (FB) lead underwriters cut their revenue estimates ahead of the IPO, reports Reuters, passing the information on to a few of their key clients. "My biggest hedge fund client told me they lowered their numbers right around mid-roadshow," says an IPO researcher. He still bought the issue, he says, but flipped it immediately and went short. Shares -3.8% premarket.
    15 Comments
    [Tech]
  • 8:12 AM Facebook (FB -2.4%) continues to fall as the blame game starts over responsibility for its 11% slump yesterday. Among the chief names are Morgan Stanley (MS), the lead underwriter; Nasdaq (NDAQ), for the tech problems on Friday; and of course Facebook. Among the criticisms: the price was too high and too many shares were sold.
    2 Comments
    [Tech, Consumer, On the Move]
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  • Quick Analysis: Reasonable FB Valuation Between $15 - $20
    Tue, May 22 • Richard Bailey • Comment!
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    Tue, May 22 • danielosborne • Comment!
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    Tue, May 22 • Bud Labitan • Comment!
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    Tue, May 22 • mikehaslow44 • Comment!
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Facebook is a social networking website that enables you to share the things you care about with the people you care about. You can publish your ideas, opinions, pictures and activities to your friends, family, colleagues or the world. We believe that Facebook gives every person a voice—an... More

Sector: Technology
Country: United States