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It seems that all the hype in the world can't save Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) today. I wrote about this and other concerns just hours ago, noting that hype can backfire or have no affect at all on an IPO. That seems to be the case for Facebook, which was priced at $38 last night, opened today at $42.05...

Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU), which is well positioned to take advantage of the migration of small business to the cloud, is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2012 results tomorrow, May 17, after the end of the trading day. The software provider has enjoyed double-digit year-over-year percentage...

Which social network will reign supreme? For the time being, it might appear that the two are vastly different websites. But while the LinkedIn (NASDAQ: LNKD) we know and love today serves the professional world, Google+ (NASDAQ: GOOG) may soon attempt to serve everyone. "I would say that if you...

Bloggers and tech writers are calling it surprisingly sexy and the only app you'll need at work. But is LinkedIn's (NYSE: LNKD) long-awaited iPad app the program you've been waiting for? If you love LinkedIn, then the answer is a resounding yes. Built with a slick, easy-to-read interface that...

If you haven't already invested in Facebook, it might be too late. Not for the IPO, which is still forthcoming, but for the secondary markets that have allowed investors to buy a piece of Facebook before the company's initial public offering. According to Bloomberg, representatives of Facebook...

Facebook filed a highly anticipated five billion dollar IPO last night, which has made the entire social media sector boom today. LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) is up nearly 6% and Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) is trading up almost 7%. As a result, the Global X Social Media Index Fund ETF (NASDAQ: SOCL), in which...

It's official: Google is the king of the world. Yes, that is correct. Google+, the social network that was too cool for everyone, including a few Twitter-loving celebrities, is now officially on track to become the next Facebook. Wait, you mean you haven't heard the news? You haven't seen the...

Keep your friends close; keep your social media friends closer. That's the hard lesson that LinkedIn (NASDAQ: LNKD) is about to learn. While the inflated stock closed Friday above its year-to-date low, the social media giant is still falling behind the ridiculous highs that it achieved during the...

Professional online network, LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD), went public nearly seven months ago in an extremely successful initial public offering that was priced at $45 per share and opened for trading over 80 percent higher at $83. For older traders, this brought back memories of the good ol' days...

“To the extent that the IPO price is a forecast of the secondary market price for the stock, these forecasts are not only biased downward (underpricing), but the range of the forecast (or pricing) errors is huge,” according to The Variability of IPO Initial Returns, Lowry, Officer, and Schwert....

Hyped as the “largest social enterprise industry event on the east coast,” Cloudforce 2011 begins this Wednesday. Are you ready? If not, Benzinga can help you prepare. Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) has amassed an impressive collection of special guests that are slated to attend the event, including...

“In order to really get this to be scalable….you have to flip it around so that the merchant has control,” adds Adility EVP Kenny Douglas. With today's launch of Groupon's (NASDAQ: GRPN) long-awaited IPO, merchants and competing daily deals sites alike are watching with a close eye. Adility, a San...

Halloween and the Day of the Dead arrive this week. If analysts' forecasts are correct, there are only a few earnings reports that may scare investors. For instance, Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) earnings are predicted to have fallen 93.1% year over year to $0.58 per share. Allstate (NYSE:...

These stocks are downright scary. It's that time of the year again. A time when grown men and women dress up as their favorite film, TV and video game characters, all in the name of partying on a holiday that was once reserved for candy-seeking children. Of course, I've never felt that it was...

As many as three million people are signing up for Google+ every single day. That's according to Trip Chowdhry, the Managing Director of Equity Research at Global Equities Research. Chowdhry's firm recently attended a series of social media events, during which Global Equities spoke to “no less...