Description: As trading volumes spiked to 567 million shares, CNNMoney tried to get in on the action.

Source: CNNMoney.com – video report

Date: May 18, 2012

Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/05/18/n-cnnmoney-buys-facebook-shares.cnnmoney/

Questions for Discussion:

• Describe the barriers to buying into the IPO on the first day of trading?
• How do you think these constraints affected the trading values during the day?
• How will this change over the near future?
• How do you think investors will react to the closing value on the first day?
• Would you have been a buyer (if you could) on the first day of trading?