Book Review: The Facebook IPO Primer - seekingalpha.com

Book Review: The Facebook IPO Primer

April 25, 2012  |  about: FB

http://seekingalpha.com/article/525911-book-review-the-facebook-ipo-primer

If you are interested in the upcoming Facebook (FB) IPO, or Initial Public Offerings in general, look no further than The Facebook IPO Primer. Written by Nancy Miller and produced by eWallstreeter.com, this 42 page e-book is so well done it will make your head spin. When Tim Berners-Lee invented the Web browser and took HTML to another level, he had this type on an interactive product in mind. It's a concise, compact, informative piece of work that knows no bounds.

The document is divided into four sections, each one a learning experience in its own right. Readers can jump to each chapter depending on what it is they are looking for. Even as an experienced investor, I read the book cover to cover, and not only did I learn some things about Facebook, but it also refreshed my memory about past manias.

The third section of The Facebook IPO Primer gets down and dirty with the econometrics of the company from the S-1 statement. Here are some bullet points I found helpful:

• Revenues in 2011 topped $3.7 billion, up 88% from 2010, but not as torrid as the 154% gain posted in 2010.
• Net income in 2011 was a cool $1 billion, up 65% from 2010; net income grew more than twice as fast, by 164%, in 2010.
• Earnings per share rose to 52 cents in 2011, up from 34 cents in 2010 and 12 cents in 2009.
• Facebook is a lean machine: costs and expenses were nearly $1.8 billion, just 47% of revenues.
• The company has an incredible war chest of cash - nearly $4 billion.

This just scratches the surface of some of the data that the author presents. Much more fun than reading an IPO prospectus. Additionally, she breaks down the valuation of the company from five different ..........

http://seekingalpha.com/article/525911-book-review-the-facebook-ipo-primer

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Breakingviews: Facebook on the defensive (3:58) - www.reuters.com/video

Breakingviews: Facebook on the defensive (3:58) 

April 24 - Antony Currie and Breakingviews editors discuss the warning signals for investors in Facebook’s IPO filing.

http://www.reuters.com/video/2012/04/24/reuters-tv-breakingviews-facebook-on-the-defensive?videoId=233854172&videoChannel=117766


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Forget China and India, it's time for "Breakout Nations" - Investing 201

Published on Apr 24, 2012 by ReutersTV

The BRICS are so yesterday, says Morgan Stanley's Ruchir Sharma. Rapid growth can't be sustained and it's time to look to the next decade's big growers for big returns. Reuters Fred Katayama tells why Turkey, Indonesia and the Philippines are the next big bet. (April 25, 2012)

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China Windpower Group Limited (0182.HK) -HKSE

CHINA WINDPOWER (HKSE)



http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=0182.HK&t=2y&l=on&z=l&q=l&c=


Results of China WindPower Group (HKG:0182) for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2011:
Net profit: HK$372.209M, down 12.88% YoY
EPS: HK 5.03 cents
Final dividend: HK 1 cent

http://www.chinesestock.org/show.aspx?id=144920&cid=28

China WindPower (HKG:0182) buys wind-power equip for $907M

[Date:11-16-2011]

Source: Infocast News

China WindPower Group (HKG:0182) has entered into 3 contracts regarding the purchase of wind-power electricity generation equipment for the group's 2 wind farm projects in Jilin Province, the PRC, each with an installed capacity of 49.5 MW, and the purchase of wind-power electricity equipment for wind-farm project in Chaoyang, Liaoning Province, the PRC with an installed capacity of 49.5 MW.
The consideration under each of the contracts amounts to RMB250 million (HK$308 million), RMB250 million (HK$308 million) and RMB237.5 million (HK$292 million), totaling RMB737.7 million (HK$907 million).  

http://www.chinesestock.org/show.aspx?id=136654&cid=28

CHINA WINDPOWER (00182) profit declines 13%, final dividend 1 cent

2012-03-23 16:40:

CHINA WINDPOWER (00182)'s net profit for 2011 receded 12.88% to $372 mln, representing earnings per share of 5.03 cents. A final dividend of 1 cent was declared, against nil in the year-ago period.

Revenue receded 22.4% to $959 mln. Due to severe weather condition and delay in project approvals, some of the new project constructions were postponed, thus reduced the revenue recognition during the year. Moreover, the Group's share of results from wind power investments were adversely affected by lower wind speed and heavy grid curtailment in the northern regions, coupled with increased financing costs. At the same time, the Group has been expanding southwards;new branches and representative offices were established, thus preliminary expenses were incurred and affected the Group's results. 

During the year, the Group's wind power plants generated electricity output of 1,746.38 million kWh in total, increased 55.1% compared to 2010. The output attributable to the Group was 881.19 million kWh, representing an increase of 72.5% compared to last year. In 2011, the weighted average utilization hours of the Group's wind power plants were 1,773 hours, a 15.9% decrease compared to 2010. 

The weighted average tariff rate of the Group's wind power plants was RMB 0.57 per kWh (including VAT), lower than RMB 0.59 per kWh of last year because greater portion of the Group's wind power plants in Inner Mongolia and northwest regions commenced operation in 2011.

The Group had cash and cash equivalents of approximately HK$1,063,541,000. As at that date, the gearing ratio was 0.18. (y)

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Jim Rogers: U.S. to plunge into recession in 2013 -http://www.reuters.com/video

Jim Rogers: U.S. to plunge into recession in 2013 (5:43) 

The legendary investor says the country's hefty debt load will make the coming recession worse than the 2008 downturn. The Fed is only making the situation worse..... 

http://www.reuters.com/video/2012/04/24/jim-rogers-us-to-plunge-into-recession-i?videoId=233862224&videoChannel=2602

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Left Brain vs Right Brain

Ahmed Zeeshan

Apr 18, 2012 (edited)  -  Public
Left Brain vs Right Brain

» Left Brain:
I am a scientist. A mathematician. I love the familiar. I categorize. I am accurate. Linear. Analytical. Strategic. I am practical. Always in control. A masters of words and language. Realistic. I calculate equations and play with numbers. I am order. I am logic. I know exactly who I am.

» Right Brain:
I am creativity. A free spirit. I am passion. Yearning. Sensuality. I am the sound of roaring laughter. I am taste. The feeling of sand beneath bare feet. I am movement. Vivid colors. I am the urge to paint on empty canvas. I am boundless imagination. Art. Poetry. I sense. I feel. I am everything I wanted to be.

Do you have a dominant side to your brain or do you have a good mix of both? I feel there is always one side which stands out for everyone.






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Markets Headed for Disaster in 2013?- http://news.yahoo.com/video/business

Rogers Holdings Chairman Jim Rogers on why he has a bearish outlook for the markets.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/business-15749628/markets-headed-for-disaster-in-2013-29055790.html


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