WMPT Nightly Business Report May 17, 2012
suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: you may spend a chunk of your time on facebook. but, it's unlikely you'll get even a morsel of the i.p.o., at least not at the offering price. that's because underwriters give priority to their best clients, usually institutions. most retail investors will have to wait to buy the stock until it begins trading on the nasdaq. that means they'll probably pay more than $40 a share, perhaps a lot more. analyst nick einhorn thinks facebook will open at $50, a price he says is still worth paying. >> i think you could certainly justify that price if you ha...