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Why the Facebook Stock Price Dropped After CEO's Major News

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning -

The Facebook stock price is down after major announcements from CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Find out if shareholders should start to panic or double down on FB stock.

The Facebook stock price closed down yesterday because of major announcements from CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Zuckerberg announced the birth of his daughter, which means he will take a two-month leave of absence from Facebook. He also announced he will donate 99% of his FB stock to charity.

Wall Street may not like the news, but find out the most important takeaways from the news and Facebook's outlook for the future here...

Why the Facebook Stock Price Is Down Today After CEO News

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning -

Facebook stock price

The Facebook stock price dropped today after Mark Zuckerberg announced he will take two months of paternity leave.

With the Facebook stock price reaching an all-time high this year, many investors are wondering if this is the right time to cash out their profits.

Read on to find out if you should sell during Zuckerberg's absence or if now is the time to double down on FB stock...

Facebook Stock Hits New Low, So What Now for Mark Zuckerberg?

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

Since Facebook's (Nasdaq: FB) hugely hyped and highly anticipated initial public offering on May 18 at $38, shares have been sliced in half, hitting a low of $19.01 in trading today (Friday).

Now, chatter is swirling that CEO Mark Zuckerberg should step down and let a more experienced executive take the helm.

"There is a growing sense that Mark Zuckerberg, talented though he may be, is in over his hoodies as CEO of a multibillion-dollar public company," Sam Hamadeh, head of research firm PrivCo, told the Los Angeles Times. "While in many cases a company founder can, and does, grow into the job, things are happening so quickly that there is precious little time here for Zuckerberg to do that."

Fueling the sentiment is Facebook's steady descent since its calamitous IPO. On Thursday, as the first lockup period ended, which allowed early investors and venture capitalists to unburden their portfolio of battered shares, the stock hit a fresh low.

Facebook's shares closed Thursday at $19.87, a far cry from its debut price and peak of $45 a share.

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Facebook Stock Price Hits Low – Can this New Strategy Help?

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

After hitting a new low of $25.75 on Tuesday, Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) stock slid further Wednesday morning despite a nice rally for U.S. equities.

With the Dow up nearly 90 points right after the opening bell, Facebook shares edged down to $25.68 in early morning trading, reaching another new low. Shares now sit more than 30% below the IPO price of $38.

Weighing on Facebook Wednesday was news that the Nasdaq Omx Group (NDAQ) will tell brokers exactly how it will recompense investors for the myriad trading problems during the Facebook IPO frenzy. Problems at Nasdaq contributed to order issues that prompted several class action law suits.

But what drew more attention from investors was a comment by Ironfire Capital founder Eric Jackson. The analyst appeared on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" program Monday and said that Facebook will lose its dominance as a social network in less than 10 years.

Jackson highlighted Facebook's inability to make leeway in the thriving and prominent mobile arena, as well as the stock's steady tumble since the company's epic IPO.

The comments have triggered suspicions that Facebook will suffer the same fate as MySpace, once the dominant force in the social networking circle, and Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO), once a leader in Internet search.

"In five to eight years they are going to disappear in the way that Yahoo has disappeared," Jackson said. "Yahoo is still making money, it's still profitable, still has 13,000 employees working for it, but it's 10% of the value that it was at the height of 2000. For all intents and purposes, it's disappeared."

Now Facebook has a new strategy to increase its reach - and its profits - but it's one that will likely raise some eyebrows.

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Facebook IPO: Where's the Love, Mark Zuckerberg?

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning -

The long-awaited Facebook IPO is finally arriving - and it's time for Mark Zuckerberg to share the love.

But most of Facebook's 800 million users won't get a chance to grab a piece of the multibillion-dollar deal.

Instead, the shares will be reserved for the wealthiest investors, not the loyal users who have fueled Zuckerberg's rise to riches.

Before Facebook, Zuckererg was just a college student....

Today, Zuckerberg's net worth is $17.5 billion and he's ranked No. 52 on the Forbes list of billionaires - No. 22 in the United States - and No. 9 on the Forbes list of powerful people.

"Zuckerberg made history with Facebook - and now he's the king of social media and social networking - the man with the Midas touch," said Money Morning Capital Waves Strategist Shah Gilani. "But now it's time for him to give some of the gold that he's earned as the head of Facebook back to the people who helped make that happen. They're the ones who have brought his company to the forefront. They're the ones who should be participating in this."

So, how could Zuckerberg use the Facebook IPO to give back to those who've helped him become an Internet legend?

Gilani has a plan for that...



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