A Flood Of Facebook Stock Will Be Available For Trading Starting Today!!!

Facebook Inc. investors, already grappling with concerns about the company’s growth prospects, are bracing for the biggest increase in the number of shares free for trading since the company went public in May.

Restrictions lift today on 804 million shares held by former employees and those who sold at the initial public offering, almost doubling the total available for trading, according to a regulatory filing. The bans on sales are put in place to prevent shares from flooding the market immediately after an initial public offering. Restrictions lifted on smaller numbers of shares in August and October.

Facebook, operator of the world’s most popular social- networking service, has lost about half its value since going public as the number of shares rose and investors fretted about the company’s ability to boost mobile-advertising sales.

“It has been and will be important to investors without a doubt,” said Scott Kessler, an analyst at S&P Capital IQ, who has a hold rating on the stock and doesn’t own it. “This is obviously something that people have been thinking about and concerned about.”

Two more rounds of lockup expirations remain through May. Facebook will free up about 156 million shares for stockholders, except Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, who sold in the IPO. The company will free up another 47.3 million shares May 18. This lot includes stock held by Russia’s DST Global Ltd.

Shares held by Zuckerberg aren’t part of the tally because he has said he won’t sell before September of next year.

Ashley Zandy, a spokeswoman for Facebook declined to comment.


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Face book is for losers

Anybody buying these after last time would surely have to be batshit mental. This has been put out at the behest of those traders who are sitting there with shares worth half what they paid for them when the shares were first floated. The are trying to drum up excitement, hoping to distract from the fact that Facebook share are completely worthless.

have fun with THAT

Wonder why?

Bwaahaaahaaa



Yes, by all means you dolts, invest in a glorified blog.

LOL

I just don't need anymore proof, that shit's done.

facebook fail the sequel?

Business Insider‏@businessinsider

Facebook Is Up 7.5%! $FB by @jyarow [link to read.bi]

Has it ever occured that BI could be planting disinfo for his/her/their own benefit? maybe they have loadsa facebook shares and want to get the best proce for them so 'leak' this info to selected channels to get the best price?

In other words:

Americans, please throw your money into the CIA data-mining machine so that we can both:

#1. Steal your money because the facebook 'model' sucks.

#2. Enhance our capabilities and know who to Red list and who to Blue list...

Amuurrikkka....da beautifullll...blah blah blah blah blah blah....

Zuckerberg wears an Illuminati symbol coated jacket:




No....he's not a CIA asset or anything...

I said MONTHS ago... FB is a $7.50/ share stock at best...

The employees all got RICHER...

So is mis-spelling.

It's "Facebook".

I can't believe people bought this stock up!!!!

So is "mis-spelling"

It's misspelling.

What are the chances that someone will actually buy Facebook stock? How much lower can it go?

"'What are the chances that someone will actually buy Facebook stock? How much lower can it go?"


It could go to zero.

Someone's trying to set up a classic "Pump 'n Dump".

PUMP ...

AND ...

DUMP!

Ha ha ha haha I wonder if there is a broker out there who would let me naked short the stock right down on it! Maybe create a phony hedgefund with a fraudulant balance sheet! Oh wait they only let Goldman sacks do that!