On May 18, Facebook made history and was listed on an exchange, most large companies do in this financial capitalism where not being where the Bell Tolls is almost nonexistent. With a strong start in terms of sales of securities, the company seemed well on its way, but with different factors difficult to determine, Facebook began to erode as the days went by getting to touch a new low for 3 days. In this article we tell you a little about the ups and downs of Facebook in the bag.
Since Facebook began to go public, Zuckerberg's eyes began to turn opaque, with a faint feeling of sadness and disappointment. Crestfallen regarding jovial and youthful look that showed interviews in 5 months ago, the billionaire shows firsthand what Facebook has suffered since the market opened and was floated on the stock exchange. The output to the stock Facebook was one of the greatest technological outputs of the history of Wall Street, but has had only a slight rise of 0.6% on its first day. Even historically beat Google in terms of expectation and improvement, but the shares at $ 38 each (approximately 30 euros) were not constant, nor is constant Facebook status in the bag.
The first day of his visit to the bag, the valuation of Facebook was in some 100,000 million and tore actions with growth of 13%, but a few minutes after the start of operations, prices slowed around $ 40 . The fluctuation was consistent in its inherent instability, and playing a maximum of 43 per share and a minimum of 38, the shares ended near this last issue and remained so. When taking 421.2 million shares at market fund was 16 million with its IPO. This number is quite a historical record numbers when we remember Google in 2004, when he managed to raise 1,900 million dollars with his departure to bag. Mark Zuckerberg was happy in those days of contributions and records, as his company got on the podium in major gains to trading outlets, ranking behind Visa (19 650) and General Motors (18 140 million).
Shares of social networking site Facebook dropped 3 days ago more than 6% in the stock market, hitting a new low since hitting the roam on Wall Street. Now, of those grand $ 43 per share came to see only ashes remain, because Facebook shares are now at $ 19.69 each. This has happened after expiry of a period in which some of the investors could not get rid of their titles, so now we will see a new run after shake off Facebook titles, which could reach further lower the share price of the social network to which the IPO has brought a lot of headaches. 150 million buying and selling account for this event, which mixes a bit of frustration, concern and shares hope in recovery by purchasers Facebook
At the moment it is not known what will happen to Facebook and the stake that has characterized so far, but I must say that analysts believe that stocks will continue to fall and then Mark Zuckerberg would have to start think, or withdraw from the command or sell to the highest bidder. However, the ban on exchange of shares has created a cyclone of ups and downs continues in various platforms and wait what happens with it in November, when 1.2 billion shares are released. We must also examine whether the owners of the largest block of shares to buy the stock back to try to keep up without losing revalue the exchange value. Whatever you do, Facebook has lost half its price since it went on the bag, and that the situation is complex for Zuckerberg and other shareholders. Your future looks black for the moment and do not know how it might affect the performance of the site and their innovativeness, and the worst of the whole situation is that by going public, the future of Facebook and the mess that was got longer depends only on him.
Why should only the financial pundits would they benefit from the IPO of Facebook? The so-called "small shareholders" also want to take part in the phenomenon of the Internet economy. But many obstacles lie ahead of them.
Before 3:30 p.m., Friday, May 18, impossible for an individual to claim the purchase of one of the 421 million shares "FB" on sale at 38 dollars on the Nasdaq market. No special treatment is planned for the 900 million social network users. But even at the fateful hour, it is primarily institutional investors and the wealthiest investors, who will be favored. Insurance companies, pension funds and other mutual funds are tailleront and the lion's share.
"The actions Facebook will be a very good investment"
The "small investors" can then access a lot of shares reserved. Only the definition of "small" is relative: Brokers face a huge demand and announce that they will favor their best customers. Fidelity in the U.S. broker, the actions Facebook will first be reserved for customers with at least $ 500,000 in their account or those who perform at least 36 transactions per year. "It's certainly not a system where a first come first served," said one employee. Same story at brokers TD Ameritrade, which require at least $ 250,000 in his account or 30 transactions in the last three months.
Let's face it: [small shareholders] are unlikely to have Facebook shares at the time of IPO, "notes the analyst Rocco Pendola The Street. But," there is still plenty of time to take the train on. This is a long-term, very durable, and with good growth prospects.
In the days following the listing of social network, any individual may purchase shares through their bank or by placing an order to purchase shares by telephone or Internet, either via a website dedicated to the Exchange. Anyway, "the actions Facebook will be a very good investment," said Philippe Torres, head of technology watch The Workshop. "The high-tech companies like Google and Apple keep the distance with the stock market turnover exponential."
