Market Frowns on Facebook
Today was all about Facebook's dismal market debut. From screw-ups with 2-hour delayed confirmations from the NASDAQ out of the gate to the syndicated underwriters intervening at the offering price of 38, what they accomplished at least for today was an interventionist floor placed under the market at the 38 bid. If they lose the floor, say hello to Facebook at $31 dollars per share.
All seemed fine in the first five minutes of trade as the social media giant surged toward $45 per share. Within 15-minutes however, the ballyhooed debutant of IPO's crashed back down to earth or the level at which the syndicated underwriters began to support the price at any cost.
Granted, timing to launch this IPO was not great as the general market has been in a funk for a couple of weeks now. Nonetheless, the market was in a small sense relying upon the mighty to get the market out of its funk. Instead, Mark Zuckerburg and company joined right in with their own brand of market funkadelics.
As for those following "the Pilot" today's balance sheet for May leaves us with nothing but smiles.
Until next time,
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Author: Joseph Russo
Joseph Russo
Chief Editor and Technical Analyst
Elliott Wave Technology
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Since the official launch of his Elliott Wave Technology website in 2005, he has established an outstanding record of accomplishment, including but not limited to, ...
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In 2006, the (MTA) Market Technicians Association featured his article "Scaling Perceptions amid the Global Equity Boom" in their industry newsletter, "Technically Speaking."
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On March 10 of 2008, with another 48% of downside remaining to the bottom of the great bear market of 2008-2009, in "V-for Vendetta," using the Wilshire 5000 as proxy, he publicly laid out the case for the depth and amplitude of the unfolding bear market, which marked terminal to a rather nice long-run in equity values.
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