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Facebook IPO -- How Wall Street Lost the Retail Investor, Again

Daniel Dicker | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Wall Street, Facebook, Facebook IPO, Occupy Wall Street, Facebook Investors, Nasdaq, Retail Investors, Facebook Ipo Problems, Small Investors, Business News
Daniel Dicker

All Wall Street needed to do was deliver a fair price -- an honest price -- to the common, middle-class investor. Instead, what they delivered was a shafting of the retail investor to the benefit of their best customers; the venture capitalists, prime brokers and inside institutions.

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D.M. Levine

Does Wall Street Get Tech?

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Morgan Stanley, Groupon, Facebook IPO, Nasdaq, Ipo, Facebook, Technology, Tech Bubble, Business News

Facebook's botched IPO is only the latest in a string of high-profile technology IPOs that have not gone as hoped, leading some to raise the question:...

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Facebook IPO Fiasco Cost Major Bank Millions

Reuters | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Facebook IPO 2012, Ubs, Morgan Stanley, Facebook IPO, Reuters, Nasdaq, Business News, Facebook Ipo Ubs, Big Banks, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - UBS AG had trading losses of around $30 million stemming from Facebook Inc's botched initial public offering on Nasdaq OMX Group ...

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Facebook Market Makers Lose At Least $100 Million

Reuters | Jessica Toonkel and John McCrank | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Facebook Losses, Facebook Market Makers, Facebook IPO, Facebook, Facebook Ipo Losses, Nasdaq, Video, Business News

May 24 (Reuters) - Claims by four of Wall Street's main market makers against Nasdaq over Facebook's botched IPO are likely to exceed $100 million, as...

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D.M. Levine

Facebook IPO Glitches: Flash Trading Gets The Blame

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: High-Frequency Trading, Nasdaq, Ipo, Bats, Mark Gorton, Electronic-Exchange, Facebook, Business News

As shareholders continue to pick through the rubble of the troubled Facebook IPO, questions still linger about the role -- if any -- high-frequency tr...

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Facebook Executive Ducks Questions About IPO Disaster

Reuters | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Mark Zuckerberg Facebook, Facebook Chief Operating Officer, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook IPO, Nasdaq, Reuters, Facebook COO, Facebook, Technology News

By Jim Finkle and Aaron Pressman BOSTON, May 23 (Reuters) - Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg spoke to ...

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Trading Group Says It Lost Millions On Facebook IPO, Demands Nasdaq Pay It Back

Reuters | John McCrank and Ashutosh Pandey | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Video, Bats Markets, Facebook IPO, Stock, Nasdaq, Reuters, Knight Capital, Nasdaq Facebook Glitch, Facebook Stock, Business News

By John McCrank and Ashutosh Pandey (Reuters) - Electronic trader Knight Capital Group said it suffered a pre-tax loss of $30 million t...

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Facebook Is Totally Dumping Nasdaq, You Guys: Reports

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Facebook Totally Dumping Nasdaq, Video, Wall Street, Facebook Nasdaq, Facebook IPO, Eliot Spitzer NYSE, Nasdaq, Facebook, New York Stock Exchange, Business News

Nasdaq messed up Facebook's IPO, and now Facebook is totally going to show them by taking its stock away from Nasdaq and hooking up with Nasdaq's fren...

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Nasdaq Official: We Should Have Had 'The Right Solution Before Moving Forward' With Facebook IPO

Reuters | John McCrank | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Video, Facebook Nasdaq, Facebook IPO, Nasdaq, Reuters, Nasdaq Facebook, Nasdaq Facebook Glitch, Facebook, Nasdaq Glitch, Business News

By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc admitted in a call with its member brokerage firms on Tuesday that it put the...

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Regulators To Review Facebook IPO Issues

Reuters | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Finra, Video, Facebook IPO, Nasdaq, Facebook Initial Public Offering, Reuters, Ipo, Mark Zuckerberg, Sec, Securities and Exchange Commission, Facebook, Initial Public Offering, Facebook Ipo Problems, Facebook Ipo Problem, Technology News

By Suzanne Barlyn and Ryan Vlastelica (Reuters) - Two top U.S. financial regulators said the issues around the initial public offering of Facebook ...

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Facebook Plunges Again

Reuters | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Facebook Share Price, Technology Ipo, Video, Social Networking, Facebook Nasdaq, Facebook IPO, Stock Market, Reuters, Facebook Shares, Nasdaq, Technology News, Facebook, Technology Stocks, Facebook Valuation, Facebook Shares Price, Technology News

By Suzanne Barlyn and Ryan Vlastelica (Reuters) - Two top U.S. financial regulators said the issues around the initial public offering ...

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Nasdaq To Change IPO Procedures After Facebook Glitch

Reuters | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Video, Facebook Ipo Glitch, Facebook IPO, Reuters, Nasdaq, Business News, Facebook-Ipo-Glitch, Facebook-Ipo-Nasdaq, Initial Public Offering, Business News

By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX faces short-term costs from its botched handling of Facebook shares on their first day ...

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Facebook Fallout

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Video, Seven and a Half Things You Need to Know, Seven and a Half Things, Facebook IPO, Facebook Ipo Nasdaq, Facebook Ipo Glitches, Nasdaq, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, Business News

Thing One: Facebook Fallout: At least the Facebook IPO resulted in a wedding. Otherwise it might have been a total disaster. Facebook founder Mark ...

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Facebook IPO Debacle Pushes Nasdaq To Revamp

Reuters | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Ipos, US Stock Exchange, Video, Ipo Systems, Facebook IPO, Reuters, Nasdaq, Nasdaq Omx Group, Facebook, Nasdaq Facebook Ipo, Nasdaq Tech Problems, Flash Crash, Business News

(Reuters) - The Nasdaq is planning to revamp its systems for handling stock offerings after acknowledging that technology problems had affected tradin...

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S&P 500 Continues Fall

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Video, Icap Equities, Dow Jones, Groupon, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Stocks, Nasdaq, Reuters, S&P 500, China, Investors, Business News

* Banks, natural resources shares lead declines * JPMorgan shares down, executive departs after huge loss * S&P 500 breaks support at 1,...

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Dow Jones Industrial Average Sees Fifth Straight Day Of Declines

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Video, Dow Jones, Wall Street, Stocks, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Bailouts, Nasdaq, S&P 500, New York Stock Exchange, Political Instability, Austerity, Business News

Political uncertainty in debt-hobbled Europe spread to financial markets Tuesday and pushed stocks lower in Europe and the United States. The Dow Jon...

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Happy Friday! Wall Street Closes Out Worst Week Of The Year

AP | PALLAVI GOGOI | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Stock Market May, Wall Street Week, Wall Street, Stocks May, S&P 500, Nasdaq, Business News

NEW YORK — Stocks plunged Friday after the government reported that hiring slowed sharply last month. The report confirmed investors' fears that...

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Dow Surges To Highest Close In More Than Four Years

AP | MATTHEW CRAFT | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Video, S&P Capital IQ, Stocks, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq, Manufacturing, Commerce Department, Jobs Report, Chesapeake Energy Corp. Stocks, Business, Standard & Poor's 500 Index, US Manufacturing, The Dow, Business News

NEW YORK — The fastest growth in U.S. manufacturing in 10 months gave stocks a lift Tuesday and pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its h...

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Dow Surges To Highest Level In More Than Four Years

Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Video, S&P Capital IQ, Stocks, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq, Jobs Report, Manufacturing, Commerce Department, Chesapeake Energy Corp. Stocks, US Manufacturing, Standard & Poor's 500 Index, The Dow, Reuters, Business News

* Herbalife shares tank on Einhorn remarks * ISM manufacturing growth tops expectations * Chesapeake to replace McClendo...

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Farcebook: A Stratospheric Valuation

Mitch Feierstein | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Nasdaq, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Entertainment, Tech Bubble, Credit Bubble, Business News, Technology, Google, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Business News
Mitch Feierstein

Those valuations are dizzyingly high. They'd be justified only if the company's top line was growing exceptionally fast, if its bottom line were growing equally fast, and if the risks to the company's business model were modest and controllable. Not one of those things is true.

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Stocks Add To Gains In Late Rally

Reuters | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Stock Market Rally, Video, Dow Jones, Stocks, Stock Market, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Reuters, Stock Gains, Nasdaq, Business News, S&P 500, Stocks Extend Gains, Business News

NEW YORK, April 26 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks added to gains in a late rally on Thursday, with the Dow rising 1 percent and the S&P 500 and the Nas...

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Best Rally In A Month

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Bond Market, Video, Dow Jones, Wall Street, Stocks, Djia, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Stock Market, Bonds, Nasdaq, S&P, Europe, Corporate Earnings, S&P 500, Business News

The U.S. stock market has shaken off its worst plunge in months by having a crazy two-day rally, fueled mainly by wishful thinking. The Dow Jones I...

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Bank Closure in Dearborn: A Sad Ending for Fidelity's Long Struggle

Dennis Santiago | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Dennis Santiago, Sec, Fdic, Institutional Risk Analytics, Bank Failures, Dearborn Michigan, Nasdaq, Business News
Dennis Santiago

The fatal combination of being on the outs with Wall Street and the atrophy of the size of the business proved insurmountable and culminated in today's failure.

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BATS CEO: IPO Debacle 'Completely Regrettable And Very Painful'

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Video, Stock Market, Reuters, Nasdaq, Ipo, BATS Global Markets, Joe Ratterman, Dave Cummings, New York Stock Exchange, Initial Public Offering, Business News

(Recasts; adds details) By Jonathan Spicer NEW YORK, March 25 (Reuters) - U.S. exchange operator BATS Global Markets withdrew its initial...

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Think 'Score Gains,' Not 'Stop Losses'

Natalie Pace | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Education, You vs. Wall Street, Stop Loss, Natalie Pace, Stocks, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Bonds, Winning, Gold, Modern Portfolio Theory, Nasdaq, Real Estate, Invest, Money News
Natalie Pace

I am constantly getting investors to think like "winners" instead of "losers." If the first thing you think about is losing, then the first thing you really need to work on is changing your mindset.

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