Facebook Price at $38 ($104Bn)

[Zoolook]

Anyone getting in on the action? I can't, as we're handling the IPO. Also, who thinks it's worth $104bn?

This is an interesting comparison between Google and FB

http://9to5google.com/2012/05/15/fac...od+and+Evil%29

[dropkickmurphy82]

I may be alone with this opinion, but I think facebook will have a pretty big decline in the next few years.

[Glock]

Nah, Im a bit to defensive in my investing. The cash I have now is waiting for the Grexit.

[russ18uk]

100 times revenue? Seriously inflated, but grats to everyone who made serious money out of it.

[dangermoose]

I may be alone with this opinion, but I think facebook will have a pretty big decline in the next few years.

I can't see them declining. They are the Google of social networking IMO.

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100 times revenue? Seriously inflated, but grats to everyone who made serious money out of it.

The same argument was touted when Google bought Youtube. Now look at the landscape.

Don't get me wrong, the valuation of Facebook is a gamble which could go either way, but you don't get rich hiding from risks.

[Sparafucil]

Ah, so nice to see we didn't learn our lesson after the first dotcom bubble.

[dangermoose]

Ah, so nice to see we didn't learn our lesson after the first dotcom bubble.

You don't really think the situation these days is anything like the dot com bubble do you? *prays and looks to god*

[tinakelly]

im no expert but i see it to raise for a bit then the bubble will bust perhaps dropping to around 25 per share

[russ18uk]

So in what way do you suggest Facebook will generate revenue? Do you think we will have to look at ads before we view people's profiles? Ads before we view videos with ads on? How about pay to promote your own posts? The latter its already being trialled. There is not much Facebook can do to generate revenue that would not irate its user base. You can skip most YouTube ads after 5 seconds; embedded videos don't normal have pre adverts, just adwords.

100 times revenue, let alone profit, is far inflated to the point of fantasy more than common sense. Google is not a very good base to judge Facebook's value, as it also over valued but has the benefit of having its core business so widespread. Common investment principles don't seem to work with many internet IPOs: it's like the hype on games like Dragon Age 2; it's over priced, poor value for moneyand something you probably should have listened to your gut rather than the kid with BO whose only views on games come from a games magazine.

No doubt Facebook's value will be stable because it's a cool share, just like Apple and Google, but fashions change.

[tinakelly]

i trust the real estate market more. we are at the bottum of home and property prices now.it will go up and a home is something you can rent out to pay ya morgage or pay cash for the property or home