Facebook’s (FB) initial public offering in May this year was a much anticipated one. The build up was purposeful, it was the talk of town for months, and every self respecting analyst, journalist, commentator would have an opinion to offer. I remembered reading about Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s speech before he rang the Nasdaq opening bell remotely at Facebook’s headquarters where he stated ‘I just want to say a few things, and then we’ll ring this bell and then we’ll get back to work”. And I remembered thinking – Wow, what a guy, he just listed his company for 105 billion and all he could think about was to go back to work. Wow.

But whatever kind of guy he is, I sure hope he is feeling ok right now. In the short period of time since May, the counter has behaved like an elevator car ...