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  • #1
  • First Post: Edited 10:46pm Jul 9, 2011 10:33pm | Edited 10:46pm
Alright so, as many of you know, Goldman Sachs is the main investor right now for Facebook at $50 Billion. Goldman continues to invest and earn over another $10 Billion for Facebook. I wonder the impact that Facebook will have on the liquidity in our forex, stock, and commodities day trading.

On the contrary, Facebook might set the IPO in 2012, possibly in May. Time to buy the shit out of it that day, and a possible crash the same day, or maybe it will stay strong and become similar to Google.

Lets get some inputs.

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/...ion-valuation/
  • #2
  • Jul 9, 2011 10:38pm Jul 9, 2011 10:38pm
Also, when Goldman Sach's name appears, I am always wary of the year 2000 all over again.
  • #3
  • Jul 11, 2011 3:23am Jul 11, 2011 3:23am
Facebook is the most overhyped thing at the moment.
They value it at over 150 Billion which is more than severals
german DAX companies together. So what is the real value of
Facebook? A few computers and maybe some office builidings.
In fact Facebooks Membership drops in North America.

It is a prime example why there will always be finanical crisis as long
as humans populate the earth. Because people by nature like to exaggerate.
If a friend tells you how big the fish was he caught last Weekend it was probably a bit smaller.
  • #4
  • Jul 11, 2011 3:44am Jul 11, 2011 3:44am
facebook is a bubble..

it's always funny when those fundies value facebook in billions of dollars, when in fact the site has no power at all to generate that amount of money, thus being a not solvent company.

we say this in the late 90's with the .com bubble. are we not going to learn?
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  • #5
  • Jul 11, 2011 6:59am Jul 11, 2011 6:59am
Quoting MapleLeaf
facebook is a bubble..

it's always funny when those fundies value facebook in billions of dollars, when in fact the site has no power at all to generate that amount of money, thus being a not solvent company.

we say this in the late 90's with the .com bubble. are we not going to learn?
True. Facebook doesn't even make that much profit. Only a couple of 100 million.

Even a blind man with a stick would see that facebook is dramatically overvalued.
  • #6
  • Jul 12, 2011 1:31am Jul 12, 2011 1:31am
Quoting TJPLD
True. Facebook doesn't even make that much profit. Only a couple of 100 million.

Even a blind man with a stick would see that facebook is dramatically overvalued.

hmmm well .. not so sure about that ..


http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-makes-money-2010-01


its all about ads and brand awareness .. just like google startet ...

so not so sure if this bubble bursts ...
  • #7
  • Jul 12, 2011 2:22pm Jul 12, 2011 2:22pm
well the article says facebook generates a little over 500 million per year which sounds reasonable.. now the problem is when they value facebook at billions and billions of dollars, which makes no sense at all. even with the most generous rule, you could value facebook at (month profit X 20) or more if you want, but in no case you are close to the number the fundies suggest.

I remember back in the late 90's a guy here in my country (Argentina) sold Patagon.com for 800 million dollars to a Bank in Spain (I think santander)... and then the domain went offline and the site closed. it was part of the dot com bubble. It looks like now we are in the social bookmarking bubble.
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  • #8
  • Jul 13, 2011 11:29pm Jul 13, 2011 11:29pm
there was an article some where interviewing Mark Zuckerberg, and he pointed out that literally to all the companies next to facebook's headquarter in palo alto (google, yahoo, microsoft, apple, etc ,etc) indicating that Facebook will be larger than those companies ever started. Don't know what he meant, and don't know what he is stirring up, but he was reallly confident in his speech.

When is the OFFICIAL IPO of Facebook? I heard it was pushed back from May....
  • #9
  • Jul 13, 2011 11:32pm Jul 13, 2011 11:32pm
In aiddition, it be best if Facebook can create something that is proven to be bigger than Google as Mark has indicated, so by the time when the IPO goes to public, at least it can help the crash on similar markets. I think Mark needs to either release to the public of what is going on or if they do not have something created, they better get started.
  • #10
  • Jul 14, 2011 1:03am Jul 14, 2011 1:03am
hey pip



why do u think google is copying facebook .. with its new startet google+ ?

there is sure something cooking up .. and that is owning the internet ..

u dont need google to browse the internet .. you are just used too..

but facebook is probably for some people the first adress the jump to and then go on from there and browse the net ...

google doesent like that .. thats for sure
  • #11
  • Jul 14, 2011 4:57pm Jul 14, 2011 4:57pm
Quoting PrymeTyme
hey pip
why do u think google is copying facebook .. with its new startet google+ ?

there is sure something cooking up .. and that is owning the internet ..

u dont need google to browse the internet .. you are just used too..

but facebook is probably for some people the first adress the jump to and then go on from there and browse the net ...

google doesent like that .. thats for sure
I actually don't know what the battle is about between google and Facebook. Rumors says it, Facebook is coming up with some type of super search engine, and google has a buff creation.

Definitely something is going to be HUGE, just don't know what it is and what the impact it will have.

What i do suspect is that Facebook is utilizing their client base not only from advertising, but from its social users to expand the "google" like search engine. Something around that, just don't know exactly what, but it is smellllingggg goooooood
  • #12
  • Last Post: Oct 5, 2011 7:41pm Oct 5, 2011 7:41pm
http://mashable.com/2011/01/03/facebook-ipo-may-2012/

Facebook's official IPO Date. I got several bricks on that baby.
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