Facebook Hype Aside, IPOs Generally Aren't Good Investments

Mon, 04/30/2012 - 16:27 EDT - Seeking Alpha

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By Matt Delman
The impending initial public offering, or IPO, for Facebook (FB) was in the news again this week because of a CNBC report on Tuesday that CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been so focused on running the business---he acquired Instagram recently and bought 650 AOL patents from Microsoft (MSFT)--that there's been precisely zero time to prepare for the traditional investor road show. Now, instead of a mid-May offering, the company might start the road show in mid-May. This would place the actual offering either at the end of May or in early June.I mention this because of the mass amount of hype the Facebook IPO has received since the company announced the offering in early February. I even wrote a column not long after the announcement, wondering if it was a good idea to invest in the company at all.I'm not planning a re-hash of that topicComplete Story »

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