Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) is currently trading at $46.70, with a P/E ratio of nearly a hundred, meaning that it'll take Facebook a hundred years to pay back investors based on its current earnings, assuming, of course, the current earnings are...
January 11, 2012 | In: Lists
In this article, I will list the top 10 most hated stocks in American markets, and why they're hated... The list is ordered alphabatecially, and not by the hate level.
1. AIG: AIG is the most treacherous stock every. You follow the trend and you buy...
We're now in the beginning of January 2012, and the January Effect is now set to take place: stocks that should not go up will go up, merely because those who have sold them back in December will buy them back in January. The January Effect will...
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A friend asked me the other day: "What is a lockup period?" He told me that he heard of the term lockup period while reading an article about the LinkedIn IPO.
I thought I write an article to explain, in details, what is a lockup period.
Definition...
I just received an email stating that my LinkedIn Account has been blocked, apparently due to suspicious activity such as too many failed login attempts. Thankfully, because I investigate all the links before clicking on them, I noticed that the link does...
I am constantly monitoring LinkedIn's Stock (NYSE:LNKD), and I can't help but comment on this stock (even though I will never ever trade it): This stock is one of the most overvalued stocks of all times, here's why:
- It is currently trading at a P/E...
Long term investors usually do some due diligence on a stock before buying it. This due diligence consists of knowing the long term technical information about the stock, informing themselves about the company's business and potential future, and, of...
I have discussed LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) a couple of times before: the first time it was before the IPO, and the second time on May 20th, the same day of the IPO.
The first time I discussed LinkedIn I estimated that its market cap will be anything between...
The whole point behind the LinkedIn IPO was not to expand the company, it was about making a few people running this website (I'm saying website because I don't think we should even consider it a business) rich by cashing in.
How many investors were...
Buying at IPO is an almost guaranteed way to make money, especially if the company issuing the stock has a sterling reputation (many times you can make money even if the company issuing the stock is losing money!). But holding the stock for a while is a...