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[newguy]

Looks like everyone's jumping ship. Next stop $25!

Not long now!!

 

[Pred]

it'll get to a certain level, say $22, who knows
and 'people' will feel its good value
then will drop off a cliff again
just a prediction

imo not many normal people have bought these, thank god
it'll be banks, funds etc so they won't allow it to go below a certain value and will never reach it's true value imo

zuckerberg is in italy on honeymoon, I wonder if it dropped to single digits he would come back early to steady the ship?
or if he's already instructed brokers to dump shares in 100k blocks every hour and thats whats making shares drop

 

[Aiden Roberts]

Wow this has been a busy thread with a lot of opinion, I wonder if anyone on here has bought any or if they fall to a certain price you will buy any?

I might try and add a poll or start one!

Been really interesting reading these posts, thanks for your input as always.

Aiden

For the record I have not and will not buy any unless they hit $10

 

[Aiden Roberts]

Poll Added, a bit late I know but the thread is still busy.

 

[lethal0r]

i'd take em at $15 if I had any spare cash, its the way of the future. I dont have any like.

 

[Marcoose]

I'd get in at $20 or less. Looks like it could be heading towards those levels. They need to sort out a search engine and fast. What a great string to their bow it would be and a proven way to make money.

 

[Aiden Roberts]

That's a whole different subject. How many people type google.com into the address bar, how many don't and instead just use the search bar, how many people change which search engine the search bar uses, how many people use Chrome etc..

Personally I think Google has search sewn up just like Microsoft has the desktop sewn up and it'll take Apple, Microsoft and Firefox etc.. to stop taking their Billion Dollar cuts for having Google the default search engine to MAYBE change that.

Excellent point I have never looked at it like that.

 

[mojoco]

Sharp traders will be making money today......

https://www.google.co.uk/finance?client=ob&q=NASDAQ:FB

 

[Bailey]

Sharp traders will be making money today......

https://www.google.co.uk/finance?client=ob&q=NASDAQ:FB

Looks like a "step-in and save-me" spike to me.

 

[Jamie101]

Wouldn't go near these unless they drop another good bit.

I'm in my late teens and nearly every day (including today) I see a status like " I'm on twitter now, here's the link".

I'd say next they'll be deleting their Facebook accounts / not using them anymore.

A few months ago or whatever only a few of my friends on Facebook were on twitter, now it seems like the majority are on twitter!

 

[boxerdog]

Just out of interest, for those that do where do you chaps buy your shares from?

 

[newguy]

You might be right but I think people are creatures of habit and they know that to get to Facebook they open up Internet Explorer, type Facebook into the search bar or Google and then click the link. Opera has existed for years and I can't see why Facebook would be able to achieve what Opera themselves haven't been able to which is to get them to download and learn a new piece of software.

Facebook have just got themselves a big pot of cash and are doing what Yahoo and Google both did which is to go off like headless chickens and believe they can buy more success. That strategy has almost killed Yahoo and but for a very strong core product (search) the same would have happened to Google and if Facebook carry on they'll probably go the same way.

Chrome didn't really naturally become popular though. It was just packaged with just about every application under the sun (dixvx, ccleaner etc). I can't count the amount of times I've accidentally installed Chrome and set it as my default browser. In the end most people just give up and use it. It's a malware tactic that paid off.

If Facebook buy Opera they could go down that same route, or perhaps rebrand it, making everything facebook more easily accessible through the browser. Maybe some novel features would only be available through the facebook browser, who knows, I'm sure they have a few ideas. I'm not saying that it'll pay off, but grabbing an increased percentage of the browser market isn't impossible, and from there they can more easily get into search too.

 

[BREWSTERS]

Just out of interest, for those that do where do you chaps buy your shares from?

I usually get mine from the BP garage when I'm filling up - the guy's very helpful, and he always seems to have a certificate in the back for just what I want...great service! I've spent £thousands with him.

He's away on his yacht somewhere at the moment but if you want I'll get him to call you when he gets back in about a month ;-)

 

[Pred]

You might be right too, at the end of the day Facebook just got themselves a boat load of others peoples money and whatever happens I'm sure they'll have fun spending it. The only thing I know is that if I had money in a pension I'd be hoping the fund manager hadn't just sunk my hard earned into FB because if buying Instagram and Opera are what they're going to use the windfall for, then I think they're doomed.

If I was Zuckerberg I'd take $20bn and go and buy Yahoo, it's been run into the ground but it's still got bags of potential and i think Facebook and Yahoo would be a formidable force to go up against Google.

ditto

 

[Pred]

http://money.cnn.com/2012/06/04/investing/facebook-stock/index.htm?hpt=hp_t3

still dropping .................

 

[doodlebug]

$25.90, bleeding hell what a joke !

 

[Pred]

$25.90, bleeding hell what a joke !

I know! at least $20 still overpriced

 

[newguy]

http://money.cnn.com/2012/06/04/investing/facebook-stock/index.htm?hpt=hp_t3

still dropping .................

like a stone!!

 

[Pred]

is having effect of dragging others down with it too, rightly or wrongly

linkedin, groupon and others may be good value soon because of it

I don't touch shares but for those that do and do their homework

 

[Aiden Roberts]

Next stop $20, surely not!