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Hey, Facebook. Here’s 3 Reasons Why You’re No Google
By John SullivanFor those buying Facebook stock, there are important differences between the two companies that will make Google-like returns tough to achieve.
May 21, 2012
Top Portfolio Products: Facebook IPO Exposure Available in ETFFranklin Square closes FSIC, readies FSIC II; Russell adds tech IPOs on reconstitution.
May 18, 2012
Facebook Frenzy Is About Separating Fools From Their Money: News AnalysisThe clamor for shares of Facebook's IPO was so great, it guaranteed one outcome and almost guaranteed another: that Facebooks founders would be even richer than they thought and that investors would wind up with mediocre results.
May 18, 2012
DoubleLine’s Gundlach: ‘We Don’t Like the Short End of the Curve at All’The legendary fixed-income manager Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO of DoubleLine Capital, joined Tom Keene on Bloomberg TVs Surveillance Midday to discuss Europe, alpha and possible Fed moves.
May 18, 2012
Shorting Facebook: Nerves of Steel or Simply Stupid?As the hysteria continues over the most expensive technology IPO in Wall Street history, certain investors are laying the groundwork for a Facebook short.
May 18, 2012
Top Portfolio Products: Facebook IPO Exposure Available in ETFNew products introduced over the last week include an ETF that will offer exposure to Facebook. In addition, Franklin Square closed FSIC to investors and prepared its successor FSIC II for its own IPO on June 1.
May 17, 2012
Americans Reluctant to Invest in Equities: Franklin TempletonDespite strong U.S. equity market returns in early 2012, indications are that Americans remain investment spectators, a study designed by Duke professor Dan Ariely found.
May 15, 2012
Advisors Reject Buy and Hold, 60/40 Stock-Bond AllocationsThe financial crisis, with its steep market drops and repressive 0% interest rates, may have claimed one more victim: advisor confidence in traditional investing approaches.