Anyone planning on buying the Twitter IPO?

53 comments

• sharkhunter

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  11 years ago

  Correction, the value will be 14 billion with the stock sold.
• TxVegas

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  11 years ago

  Very high risk stock with uncertain revenue prospects. So, take the gamble if you really believe in the model.
• crazyjoe

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  11 years ago

  I don't gamble but I took a shit on the craps table once
• farmerart

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  11 years ago

  The first commandment of the investing bible:
  
  "Thou shalt NEVER buy an IPO."
• Dougster

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  11 years ago

  $26 for TWTR is quite cheap, IMO. That being said tomorrow seems like a "pivotal" day for the market me. Double top or bust through to new highs? I'll be watching with great interest, but haven't decided yet.
• Dougster

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  11 years ago

  Hopefully txtittyfan will give some advice on this one. That'll make it easy. Just do the opposite of what he says. :-)
  
  
• jackslash

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  11 years ago

  I can't invest in Twitter. I put all my money into strippers' G-strings.
• Tiredtraveler

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  11 years ago

  The best way to go is to be part of the fund that helps get the company to the point of going public than selling out and walking away with money. Facebook's IPO made a shitload of money for the initial investors and fucked the later ones.
• Dougster

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  11 years ago

  CNBC says they are hearing bids going in for $40... That sounds fair if FB is your metric, but, IMO, FB is too high! I won't buy it that high.
  
• Dougster

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  11 years ago

  $45/$46 now... Nah... pass.
  
  
• deogol

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  11 years ago

  Nope. Not buyin.
• jester214

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  11 years ago

  Not real interested, fun to watch though. I'm skeptical of the twitters and the facebooks as investments, too much ebb and flow in popularity of things on the internet.
• Dougster

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  11 years ago

  Jestie could only afford 20 or so shares on his janitor's salary anyway.
• Ermita_Nights

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  11 years ago

  Are you kidding me?
  
  I only buy IPO if I know the founder personally.
• Dougster

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  11 years ago

  I like TWTR at $30 but not up here around $43. You can now short it on E-Trade but since it is "hard to borrow" the interest is 14%. I'm thinking of giving it a day or two to see if that rate comes down.
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Did anyone every buy TWTR? I did a couple of weeks ago.
  
  How about the GoPro! IPO today? Anyone in on it?
• jerikson40

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  10 years ago

  Initial price will not be available to you and me. And prices will go to the stratosphere when trading starts, far beyond what it's worth. Don't even think about buying.
  
  Hey, anyone remember MySpace?
  
  When it comes to technology like this, people are incredibly fickle. They'll jump to the "hot new thing" in a heartbeat. I also predict the present lineup of internet favorites will be has-beens in the near future.
  
  And heaven forbid we go thru a real depression, what to you think will be the first to go? Entertainment/media stuff like Facebook and Twitter. Suddenly paying $50 per month for your entertainment on the internet won't look so important.
• deogol

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  10 years ago

  Well, it did take a shit, but is trending up. Still not worth the risk in my opinion.
  
  I think facebook and twitter will be used more by their non-paying clients - but "the money" will know the spike is clients who can't pay for their products... it'll be like advertising in comic books.
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  @deogol: I was skeptical on FB as well, but an important thing to consider is that, given their history, they seem quite willing to share data about you to third parties for advertising. They have proposed some products to allow app writers to do targeted advertising based on FB information.
  
  So consider what would happen if FB did the same for smart TVs, or via streaming radio like Pandora or Spotify. Unfortunately, I think if you ever did use FB that will determine what advertisers show you for the rest of your life.
  
  My two concerns are: a market cap of $150 billion? Are you fucking kidding me? And what if there is a backlash about all the information they store about you. What if they are required to not gather it or delete it at your request? How would they manage that situation? Granted the NSA and LE would probably go to bat for them if it was looking like they might be required to delete.
  
  TWTR is looking like a good long term bet today, even after being up +6% today.
  
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Dougster: "Did anyone every buy TWTR? I did a couple of weeks ago"
  
  Anyone else buy it mid-June?
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Nobody got in mid-June around the lows? Just me?
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  I wonder if real estate has appreciate as much since mid-June as TWTR stock? Thoughts?
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Wonder how their earnings will be today? :-) Big deal with Google announced.
  
  I find TWTR is becoming an excellent research tool on par or better than Google when it comes to current events. Stock has a bright future, IMO.
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Still nobody likes it? PE too high?
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Nobody?
• JamesSD

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  10 years ago

  I hate Twitter. It's going to face the same challenges FB has been facing as young people have moved on. I tend to believe these companies go public when they know their best years are behind them.
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Their revenue graph is truly a thing of beauty.
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Looks like market is happy about their earnings. Seriously look at revenue chart and tell me how anyone cannot like it.
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Still no buyers from TUSCL besides me?
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Nobody?
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Anybody gonna buy it this week?
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Still nobody interested
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Tried to give you guys this one in a silver platter (even though most of you are just a bunch of fags). Just like when I told you about the pending boom back in October. But oh-no! You guys just want to have your circle jerks of pessimism...
• Josh43

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  10 years ago

  (1) You seem to have gotten the economic boom right, but you might just be a broken clock. Not convinced of your genius, yet.
  
  (2) This could be a pump-and-dump scheme. Maybe you know that Twitter is going down in a flaming death-spiral. Don't trust you, one bit.
  
  (3) How could a concept as simple as Twitter have 500M users? Must be ISIS plot, or something.
• PhantomGeek

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  10 years ago

  Josh, the 500M users could be reflective of the decreasing attention span of Americans and probably many other Westerners.
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Pump and dump? Better get Liz Warren to clamp down on that shit!
  
  I'm putting a $100 price target on this one. Now it might take as much as three years to get there :-) but I think now it will be less turbulent than last years. For girly investors who don't like 10-20% swing in a single day. (I got some 3d printer names if you like that kind of action. Just PM me if interested. :-) )
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Founder must like it too. Notice the Twitter bird now at the bottom of the page. Think $100/share everytimr you see it.
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Anyone buying this week? Market making new highs most days.
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Still nobody?
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Who will be buying stock ticker TWTR this week? One of my personal favorites.
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Nobody?
• georgmicrodong

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  10 years ago

  Any particular reason I should go out of my way to do so, rather than letting my fund managers do it? :)
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Depends on the fees they charge.
• Josh43

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  10 years ago

  Any particular reason I should go out of my way to do so, rather than letting my fund managers do it? :)
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  Dougster doesn't worry about fees anymore since he's running his own hedge fund, now. Just PM him and he'll send a prospectus. His fund is called "Douglas Asshat Management."
  
  (sorry, should be Asset, not Asshat. Auto complete error).
  
• Dougster

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  10 years ago

  Up 7% today. Did anyone buy on the dip? Or did you get scared like a little girl (like Josh) because interest rates might rid 0.25%?
  
  Tried to give you guys this one on a silver platter...
• just_the_nuts

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  10 years ago

  Lol
• Josh43

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  10 years ago

  Example of uber nerds working on algorithm to predict overall market swings using Twitter feed (to get a nearly instantaneous read on market psychology). When they succeed, human analysts will be cleaning bedpans:
  
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art…
  
  
  
  
• Dougster

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  9 years ago

  Up 4% today on volume. Who bought in? Or was everyone like, but stevie-girl said the economy is weak! Or was it, but SJG said it's all just a bubble? Bunch of fuckin' pussy...
• Dougster

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  9 years ago

  Tried to give you guys this one on a silver platter...
• Dougster

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  9 years ago

  Lol!
• Josh43

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  9 years ago

  So what's your expert opinion on this takeover rumor?
• Dougster

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  9 years ago

  I doubt it. They don't need a buy and if someone tried they would be nuts to ask for anything less than $100/share.
  
  But stock hasn't been rallying for that reason anyway. Just buy more and relax about whatever Stevie-girl and SJG have to say.
• sharkhunter

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  9 years ago

  I can't believe I missed all these posts. I forgot all about it.