9 Lessons From The Recent Facebook IPO – Part 2

My previous post examined the recent Facebook IPO and started to list some of the lessons that you could learn from what happened. This post provides lessons 5 through to 9 to complete the list. If you missed part 1 with lessons 1 to 4, then click here to read them first and for a ... ...

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9 Lessons From The Recent Facebook IPO – Part 1

The Facebook IPO has now been and gone and Facebook shares are being traded on the NASDAQ exchange, so what lessons can you learn from this? Whether you bought some Facebook shares in the IPO or not, if you are an investor in stocks and shares then it is likely that you will be tempted ... ...

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‘Ere Mate! Wanna Buy A Puppy?

Have you ever been contacted by a firm you don’t know offering to sell you stocks and shares, or similar? I have, many times. At first they sound like they are making you an offer you can’t refuse. No, not like the Godfather movies! I mean they make it sound like you have been specially ... ...

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Is Now A Good Time To Buy Shares?

If there’s one question I’ve been asked about share investing more than any other, then it’s this: Is now a good time to buy shares? Recent Events In the last week, the first week of August, the UK FTSE 100 stock market has fallen by almost 10%. Of the 100 shares within the UK FTSE...

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Emotional Attachment – A Lesson Learned

Back in the technology bubble of the late 1990s, I learned a very important lesson in share investing. For those who don’t remember, the technology bubble coincided with mass take-up of the internet. Today, the internet seems to be a key part of our lives. Most of us use email rather than reg...

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