Facebook, an information sharing application that allows ordinary American’s to post everything from pictures of themselves to news regarding their latest restaurant experience, now has a market capitalization exceeding $200 million. Facebook now ranks as the 22nd largest company in the world With the stock closing at $77.89 per share, the company is now valued at $201.6 billion, making it the 22nd largest company in the world, ahead of Toyota Motor Corporation and just behind Verizon Communications, a Bloomberg report noted. When Facebook first launched into public stock trading with an initial public offering in May of 2012, the lack…
Facebook Inc Tops $200 Billion In Value: Is a Market Top Far Behind?
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.