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Facebook IPO: The Next Apple? Or Groupon?

Is Facebook Stock a Bargain? “Small Investors May Get to Own Bit of Facebook.” –Headline, The New York Times (5/4/2012) “I would never want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member.” –Groucho Marx (oft-quoted by Woody Allen and many, many others) Is Facebook stock a deal at a...
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“Hey, Mark! Call Me!”

“Zuckerberg IPO Haul Could Top $28 Billion”  — WSJ So, exactly how much is $28 billion, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s reported stake in the about-to-go-public company? Enough to buy the nicest home in the Twin Cities. And every other home, too.  (Actually, just in Minneapolis and St. Paul). I got that by dividing $28 billion by...
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“The Devil Theory of Goldman Sachs”

Price Taker or Price Maker (& Fixer, Stealer, etc.)? The devil theory of Goldman Sachs, at bottom, rests on the premise that Goldman knows the future better than its customers or the rest of us. –Holman Jenkins, “‘Defining the Facebook Deal“; The Wall Street Journal (Jan. 15-16, 2011) THAT’S “the devil theory of Goldman Sachs??”  Really?...
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