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The Facebook IPO

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   The frenzy is building. Should you care?  Anticipation is high. Facebook filed an S-1 form with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, taking its first big step toward going public. It aims to raise $5 billion through its upcoming IPO. Some of the details from the S-1 form:  Facebook’s revenue climbed from $777 million in 2009 to $3.71 billion in 2011. Its annual profits went from $229 million (2009) to $1 billion (2011). Its profits grew by 65% last year alone. Its top source of revenue is advertising. (12% of Facebook’s 2011 revenues came from Zynga, a social...

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Investment Views in Brief – Third Quarter 2011

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“Lively” is about as kind of a word as we can come up with for the 3rd quarter of 2011. October saw some nice recovery, but the excitement isn’t over yet. Enclosed are thoughts and observations from our friends at Litman Gregory. For those of you that have hired us for more active account management, this letter will reflect the thinking behind the changes in your accounts. For those of you who have more traditional mutual funds, these changes would not necessarily have been made by the fund managers. If you would like more information about our actively managed accounts, just let us...

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