Are The 4 Leading Social Stocks A Buy?

By Helix Investment Management:The world of private company investing is a largely opaque one, and one that is unavailable to most investors. Investors in private companies are usually venture capital funds or angel investors, something the average investor rarely has access to. Secondary exchanges like SharesPost and SecondMarket only accept accredited investors.

By Bradley Sugarman:Global Silicon Valley Capital (GSVC), for those who don't know, is a company that allows the average investor a backdoor entrance to privately held stock in the next generation of growth companies. Bulls will point to the growth prospects of holdings such as Twitter, Dropbox and Spotify.

By Helix Investment Management:The stock market is filled with many kinds of companies, each with a different level of complexity. Some sell simple products such as soda, while others provide banking services to consumers. Other companies deal in complex products such as tanks, fighter jets, or financial derivatives. The company we would like to profile in this article is a complex one, but it is one that we believe offers a great deal of upside potential for patient investors.

Two major events in May continue to dominate the direction of technology stocks in a negative way. The 20% drop in Facebook (FB) shares after its IPO is leading the decline on the Nasdaq. Worry in the eurozone is also highlighted, with higher bond yields in Spain and a rising likelihood that Greece will need to leave the eurozone.

ByNick Chiu:While Nasdaq has gained 8.23% year to date, leading social media companies, except Facebook Inc. (FB) with only 5.17% gain, were up much more significantly, including Pandora Media Inc. (P) with 42.28% increase, LinkedIn Corp (LNKD) with 53.03% surge and Zynga Inc.

By Spencer Knight: Over the weekend a team of runners running for LinkedIn (LNKD) broke their own course record for the 12k Centipede race at the Zazzle Bay to Breakers event. As you can see below, a centipede is when 13 runners are tied together with a cord and must run together. The LinkedIn team broke its own world record from the same 2011 event. Keep in mind that LinkedIn simply hires runners for the race.

By Helix Investment Management:For months now, people have clamored for a way to get access to shares of Facebook (FB). And one of the securities often mentioned as a way to get access to Facebook stock was GSV Capital (GSVC), a business development company that went public in 2011 to much fanfare. (click to enlarge)

By Simit Patel:To the untrained observer, social media companies are often a bit of a mystery: Many of them are receiving huge valuations while operating at a loss. Some do not even have a clear business model yet; they are loosely based around the idea of advertising, or for the more adventurous, the notion of giving something away for free while selling premium upgrades.