Hoo boy, anything tech-related that happened over this past week was dwarfed into oblivion by Facebook’s IPO.
Many of us were expecting a glorious event with massive profits for early shareholders, but the day’s events ended in disappointment.
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Also, unexpectedly low figures for Facebook’s share price led to a price slump for other tech stocks, as well. Zynga had a NASDAQ-mandated halt in trading not once but twice during the day when it fell by more than 10 percent.
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“Ouch” doesn’t begin to cover it.
Still, there’s hope. We’re just at the beginning, and the mainstream market’s lack of faith in Facebook doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re heading for another dotcom-esque bust. My mom said so.
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