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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Michael Arrington Just Bought Facebook Shares

So while Facebook's stock is getting beaten down today, well below the offering price of $38 a share, someone stepped in and about some stock who knows a thing or two about the web industry: Michael Arrington. The former head of TechCrunch tweeted this: Knowing Arrington though, he might have just about a few shares, sort of a sarcastic purchase in the "face" of all the backlash. Then again, maybe he went big and for the long term as a believer in Zuckerberg's vision for Facebook. When he tweeted the message Facebook was trading for around $34 a share

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