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To: Wayners who wrote (892)	8/17/2012 11:36:12 AM
From: The Ox	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3790

Please understand my posts aren't saying you should be buying FB but they are here to point out that there is a growth story in the numbers FB has presented in the past. With the negativity associated with the stock, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see low teens or single digits before more of the growth story is seen in the numbers presented by the company. Stocks are at the mercy of the market and the market rarely let's a company off the hook until it proves itself. So far, FB has done very little publicly to encourage people to invest in the company. I don't believe it would take all that much to change the perception. They need to have a quarterly report that completely exceeds the street's expectations and guide forward for better numbers. Until this happens, who know how far the stock will drop? No one wants to buy past growth, they want the future to be brighter. So far, FB hasn't exactly shown that the future will be all that much brighter than it is now. They must do this or the stock will continue to be hammered, imo.

To: Wayners who wrote (892)	8/17/2012 12:57:26 PM
From: manalagi	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3790

There are so many variables that indicate FB is not a good investment. Now let's look at the law of supply and demand. By the end of the year, there will be 1.b shares unlocked. Let's just say that for many reasons those who are free to sell the shares will take advantage of the unlocking of their shares. Let's assume further that only 20% will do so. That means 260M shares are coming to the market on the supply side. How many will come in on the demand side? Average daily volumes is 35M shares. Just do the math: 7 1/2 times of daily volumes coming in the market. My long puts have been doing very very well. I am loading some more.