Description: Facebook Inc. (FB)’s initial public offering, plagued by trading errors and a 16 percent drop in the share price, will push more individual investors out of a stock market they already distrust after the financial crisis.

Source: Bloomberg.com

Date: May 26, 2012

Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-25/facebook-ipo-fallout-deepens-investor-distrust-of-stocks.html

Questions for Discussions:

• What does this report say about investors’ trust in the system?
• Do you agree with this sentiment?
• How would you suggest the industry and regulators address the situation?