Facebook demonstrated perils of IPO investing, but sector offers money to be made

Source: Winnipeg Free Press

OTTAWA - The turmoil of Facebook's IPO underscores the risks of buying into initial public offerings for investors, but for those willing to take the leap, there may be money to be made. Chris Kuflik, a wealth adviser at Scotia Mcleod, says t ...
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The winners and losers from Facebook's IPO hype | Dean Baker

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Of course, Facebook is unlikely to go out of business, but it is certainly possible that its business model is not sufficiently robust to justify a position among corporate America's elite in market capitalization. A year or two down the road, it may ...
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Rocket Man: Should Elon Musk Doubters Think Again?

Source: BusinessWeek

Two years ago, Eric Jackson, founder of IronFire Capital, didn’t think so, at least regarding Tesla. In August of 2010, he announced in The Street that he was shorting Musk’s electric car company, which he dubbed “the ...
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Keep Hating on Facebook; Long-Term Investors Love Cheap Shares

Source: The Street

It's gotten to the point, really, where it's become childish. Mark Zuckerberg can't even marry his main squeeze post-IPO without people questioning the timing. Why not follow up one of the biggest days of your young life with another one o ...
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Moritz Steps Back From Sequoia Due to Medical Condition

Source: Wall Street Journal

By Pui-Wing Tam One of Silicon Valley's best-known investors, Michael Moritz of Sequoia Capital, is stepping back from managing the venture-capital firm to deal with an "incurable" medical condition.In a letter that Sequoi ...
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Did Hedge Funds Steal The Facebook IPO Pop?

Source: Forbes Blogs

As I reported earlier this year, companies are taking longer to go public for a variety of reasons, including all the laws and regulations designed to protect investors from the next dot-com bubble. That’s created a huge opportunity for hedge ...
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The Billion-Dollar Social Media Question

Source: HBR Blog Network

Rita McGrath Columbia Business School professor Rita McGrath studies innovation, corporate venturing, and entrepreneurship. Her latest book is Discovery-Driven Growth (2009). 1:28 PM Monday May 21, 2012 | Comments The Facebook IPO has ...
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Moritz Eases Back from Sequoia Capital After Being Diagnosed with “Rare Medical Condition” – Reports

Source: PE Hub

Drop us a tip! Legendary venture capitalist Michael Moritz is stepping back from the daily management of Sequoia Capital due to a rare and incurable illness, Moritz wrote in a letter to the firm’s limited partners, acco ...
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Facebook not partying like 1999

Source: The Politico

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook was supposed to be partying like it was 1999 on Friday, but the 2012 crowd is a little more refined. Trading in its first day as a public company brought back few memories of the tech-stock boom, wi ...
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