How To Make Money On Facebook Without Buying Its Stock

By Jesse Colombo:Since Facebook's disappointing mid-May IPO and uninspiring first earnings report as a public company, as well as social media gaming developer Zynga's disastrous earnings report on July 25th that sent shares tanking 40% overnight, t

atmabus submits: Its different this time around. There's real revenue behind these companies with proven business models. Social media, e-commerce, and advertising are now mainstream and have matured significantly from the late 90's. Even if many of these points are true to a certain extent, none can justify the valuations that are currently in front of us.

By Jesse Colombo:Since my last update on the social media bubble, this sector's situation has gone from bad to worse. This should not come as a surprise to my readers who have followed my social media bubble warnings since June 2011 on my Twitter blog and on my website The Bubble Bubble.

By Kofi Bofah:As a music aficionado, I love Pandora (P) and its Internet Radio. At any moment, I can bypass terrestrial radio, with its boring news, annoying celebrity gossip, superficial sports reporting, and dial right in to my core mission of rocking out to great music. Obviously, Pandora's management team is staffed with fellow music lovers, who have worked tirelessly to deliver the perfect toy for hours upon hours of audio entertainment.

By Stocks & Shares:In many ways the financial markets are like infants; they are greedy, fickle, and fearful. Unfortunately, fads and bubbles come and go as quickly as children grow bored of new toys. Social media companies are the market's current new toy and could easily be discarded tomorrow.

By Regarded Solutions:I am sick and tired of defending my Facebook (FB) position. I've taken a bunch of heat from all sorts of folks. Younger "traders" think I am nuts, older "investors" agree with me but still feel the need to get involved, and other folks are just going to ignore the IPO and wait for substance.