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sendero

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9. Anyone stupid enough to buy..

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2012, 12:22 PM

May 2012

... Facebook deserves to be fleeced. You would have to live in a cave to not know that the IPO was severely overpriced and that the company's revenue prospects were and are meager at best.

Someday, everyone will understand Wall Street and their shenannigans. For the time being, there were just enough suckers left to float one last pink fart in a punchbowl.

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BLOODBATH: Watch Facebook Investors Panic to New Lows [View all] Mosby May 2012 OP

FB stock is down again today Mosby May 2012 #1

I don't know anything about the stockmarket but something was fishy about this from the southernyankeebelle May 2012 #2

Curious: so who is making out like a bandit in this situation? Quantess May 2012 #3

Mark "The Sucker Fucker" Zuckerberg Tansy_Gold May 2012 #5

and all the other insiders who sold some of their stock already. nt Mosby May 2012 #15

Options players sharp_stick May 2012 #6

The short players Harmony Blue May 2012 #12

Facebook was always a sucker's play, MadHound May 2012 #4

And now people are filing lawsuits because they lost money... richmwill May 2012 #7

I was told years ago, "You can make quite a killing in the stock market". . . Journeyman May 2012 #8

Ah, we'll have none of that talk! Zalatix May 2012 #11

You can't ALWAYS make a killing in the stock market....it takes at least some brain power..... cbdo2007 May 2012 #14

Anyone stupid enough to buy.. sendero May 2012 #9

I talked about SHORTING this stupid stock. I shoulda gone out and done it. Zalatix May 2012 #10

$19 the floor? Capt. Obvious May 2012 #13

Yeah the short sellers are pummeling the stock right now Harmony Blue May 2012 #16

Yeah, I still think it'll be over $50 by the end of the year. cbdo2007 May 2012 #17

I think so too Capt. Obvious May 2012 #18