Hot IPO, SNAP, Comes Out. Time to Buy?
“Hot” IPOs like Alibaba, Twitter and Facebook are usually very emotional, much anticipated and huge financial media events. Investors clamor for these stocks, usually throwing caution to the wind as fundamentals are trampled by greed. The media are usually camped out at the NYSE or NASDAQ with minute by minute updates as to where the stock may open. As I have discussed over and over, emotion in investing can have a very detrimental impact on your portfolio! That’s one of […]
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Date: March 2, 2017
Alibaba, Twitter and Facebook Oh My!
“Hot” IPOs like Alibaba, Twitter and Facebook are usually very emotional, much anticipated and huge financial media events. As I have discussed over and over, emotion in investing can have a very detrimental impact on your portfolio! I went back and found similar, much anticipated, “hot” IPOs to show you what transpired over the coming few months. The results should not be surprising. Twitter really bucked the trend over the past few years. While it initially dropped 20% from its […]
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Date: September 24, 2014
More on Twitter
I have pretty much beaten the proverbial dead horse with my comments on Twitter, but as I look back, they were nowhere near as much as when Facebook went public. Below is another TV interview where I look particularly good. I can say that because they interviewed me over the phone! http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/2816611949001/twitter-hype-overblown/ Twitter, the stock, is in an interesting spot right here. It looks like it wants to rally in the short-term, but because the line in the sand is so […]
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Date: November 19, 2013
Twitter & How to Play Hot IPOs
Last week, Twitter began trading in one of most highly anticipated IPOs in years, very similar to Facebook. You can view my very negative initial comments here. http://investfortomorrowblog.com/archives/826. “Hot” IPOs like Twitter and Facebook are usually very emotional and as I have discussed over and over, emotion in investing can have a very detrimental impact on your portfolio! I went back and found similar IPOs to show you what transpired over the coming few months. The results should not be surprising. Facebook […]
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Date: November 11, 2013
Shareholder Suit Plagues Facebook IPO
http://nhregister.com/articles/2012/05/23/news/doc4fbdaeef4f252625135824.txt?viewmode=fullstory
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Date: June 5, 2012
The Facebook Fiasco… A Guide of How NOT to IPO
Here is the latest Street$marts with a detailed article on the bust that is Facebook. http://www.investfortomorrow.com/newsletter/CurrentStreet$marts20120525.pdf
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Date: May 29, 2012
CNBC’s Closing Bell TODAY at 4:10pm
I am going to be on with Maria and Bill at 4:10pm today discussing ethics versus business on Wall Street in the face of Facebook’s epic bust. Now that should make for interesting conversation!
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Date: May 25, 2012
Facebook, Facebook, Facebook
Is the world so boring a place that unless we can beat a story stock to death, there is nothing else to report? Have we forgotten about the need to create jobs in the private sector? First it was Apple; then it was JP Morgan; and now it’s Facebook. Thankfully, the IPO is over, Mark Zuckerberg is now worth $19B and the markets have created thousands of new paper millionaires. It also means that in a few weeks, the buzz […]
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Date: May 22, 2012
