Fools Rush In…To IPOs

Sep 18, 11 Fools Rush In…To IPOs

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Despite all the hype behind the US-based companies that IPO-ed this year, more than half of them are trading below their offer price. This can be partly explained by the overall decline of the stock market, which has been dropping for the past two months. On their debut, Pandora (P) popped out at 8.9%, Epocrates (EPOC) gained 37%,...

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Dot-Com Bubble to Current Tech Bubble Investors: Here are Some Lessons for You

Mar 08, 11 Dot-Com Bubble to Current Tech Bubble Investors: Here are Some Lessons for You

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We dug up an interesting article about the lessons learned from the 2000 tech bubble. With LinkedIn about to IPO and Facebook’s valuation heading into the stratosphere, it’s time for a little reminder of what’s important: 1. “You have to have respect for the marketplace. It’s better to be a year early...

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If Facebook is Worth $50B, Apple is Worth $1.4T

Jan 06, 11 If Facebook is Worth $50B, Apple is Worth $1.4T

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The recent news that Goldman Sachs has valued Facebook at $50 billion has been plastered everywhere and rightly so. Giving Facebook that valuation puts it amongst the likes of American Express (AXP), Kraft (KFT), and Boeing (BA). That’s a big deal for any company, let alone one that’s just over six years old and was...

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