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I always say “Buy em’ when they're cryin’: The Bull Case for Apple [Upside Trader] Finally starting to ignore the failed ratings agencies after all these years? Ratings Agencies Ongoing Obsolescence [The Big Picture] One-year forecasts of the market are practically meaningless! If You Only Learn One Thing Today, Let It Be This [The Reformed Broker] Product cannibalization: The iPad mini may cannibalize the higher-margin iPad -- or just be a neutral at best. The Bear Case for Apple [The Street] Angelo Mozilo (Yeah, that tan guy) has no regrets about how Countrywide was run. Says

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When You Should Buy Shares of Facebook by Barry Ritholtz

Yeah, so in a sort of glorious debacle, Facebook shares have only been going down ever since they went public. Now, the question is at what price are Facebook shares worth a look? Michael Arrington formerly of TechCrunch bought shares at around $34. Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks bought some at $32.50 . But this tweet by Barry Ritholtz of Fusion IQ stood out in all of its capitalized glory: So, there you have it. If you want to buy shares of Facebook then $15 is the time to fire up the TD Ameritrade or ETrade

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