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Old 06-15-2011, 07:59 PM
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Default Where will these IPOs be 1 year from today?

LinkedIn and Pandora. More to follow.

Do you think these will be higher, lower, or about the same 1 year from today?

My guess is LinkedIn will be higher and Pandora will be lower.
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Real or nominal terms?
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Old 06-16-2011, 08:06 AM
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Nominal. Early next year we may be able to add Facebook to this list.
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Old 06-16-2011, 08:14 AM
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Nominal. Early next year we may be able to add Facebook to this list.
I wish people would learn and Dotcom 2.0 wouldn't happen for a while. Wish in one hand...
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Old 06-16-2011, 11:38 AM
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Yeah - it looks like Social Networking bubble. Pandora has never made a profit but it was up 20% yesterday after the IPO. Crazy. Especially now that everyone uses ipods and other mp3 players.
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I am also very curious to the prices of these IPO next year as well.

LinkedIn is not making much profit yet, and Pandora has been losing money since 2000. Groupon is making good revenue but there are too many clones out there. I have no idea how profitable Facebook is except the fact they are making somewhere near 30% on transaction on Facebook credits, which is a very good margin.

I would not be in any of these IPO on the first day. I may consider getting in as a trade if they are showing good earning, good technical support and the improvement of general market.

To be honest, I guess the hype of all this social media may just end shortly after its IPO, after the major insiders cashing out. The general public has gotten smarter after the dot com bust. LinkedIn is now significantly below the IPO peak of $120.

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Wow - Pandora was down 24% today. It is now below its IPO price.
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My buy finger is getting itchy for some reason...
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add bankrate to the mix... I've used this sight a lot, but have never paid for services. I can't imagine them making a killing on the advertising.
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Just trying out Spotify and it rocks. Pandora was wise to ipo.

Haven't tried G+ yet but its having record growth and is getting rave reviews. Will be sweet if Facebook misses the window.
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