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Re: NASDAQ:FB

#31

Post by joe-mccann »

The Nasdaq will be FLOODED with orders when FB begins trading. Will be interesting to see how their systems handle every algorithmic trading machine on the planet trading FB's stock...

Re: NASDAQ:FB

#32

Post by babarock »

Is there any way to know who owned the shares in Fb (and how much) as of yesterday evening (pre-IPO)?

I don't know if such an info is made public. If it is, anyone has a link?

Re: NASDAQ:FB

#33

Post by unimpressive »

alecco wrote: post #29

This is like a NASCAR race, many (most?) of us watching secretly hope for a spectacular crash. It's wrong, but the potential of schadenfreude is very tempting.

Well, considering the number of people who aren't exactly fans of Facebook, I wouldn't be surprised if some of the people watching with the most interest were the ones actively rooting for it to be a spectacular failure.

Re: NASDAQ:FB

#35

Post by ericcholis »

babarock wrote: post #32

Is there any way to know who owned the shares in Fb (and how much) as of yesterday evening (pre-IPO)? I don't know if such an info is made public. If it is, anyone has a link?

This is all I could find, from 2011:

http://www.learnvest.com/2011/01/a-money-lesson-from-faceboo...

I believe the figures were also based on an earlier $50 Billion valuation.

Re: NASDAQ:FB

#36

Post by pwang »

dirkgadsden wrote: post #24

If you look at the bottom right under "Key stats and ratios"[1] you can see a trace of Google creating a time with 0 (default I guess) and spitting out the year (+/- 1 because of timezones) of the Unix epoch. [1] http://d.pr/i/sMYb

I was about to post this same thing. It's the same for any stock that opened this year, and doesn't have a comparable previous year of data e.g. Zynga: http://www.google.com/finance?q=zynga

Re: NASDAQ:FB

#38

Post by petercooper »

tejaswiy wrote: post #26
cryptoz wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many fewer people in North America were awake and on HN two hours ago. Timing is key.

I wonder what the optimal time is to post to HN. Do people usually wake up, check HN and then go about their day? If so, around 9-10:30AM EST? Or maybe if most HNers come from the west coast, would it be 9 - 10:30AM PST?

Once you hit the front page, the time is quite relevant. But before then.. /newest is so poorly visited and read that you're really throwing yourself into the hands of lady luck and hoping there are more than a handful of people who even see your item. (Yep, tons of good stuff doesn't get voted up at all simply because no-one sees it.)

Re: NASDAQ:FB

#39

Post by vessenes »

speg wrote: post #11
llambda wrote: post #8

Please note that FB doesn't begin trading until 11AM EST[1]. [1] http://money.msn.com/technology-investment/article.aspx?post...

Technically it could be any time, but if history continues it should be just before 11:00.

Trades can go in at 10:45, Trading begins at 11 is the current plan.
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