A week into Facebook 's debut on the market , its price was down . Comment: Individual small investors who bought at the offering price suffered as the price collapsed . The stock is trading at a premium to what it should be for an IPO and that means investors are willing to pay more than they would have been if the company hadn't gone public in Facebook 's IPO debacle was result of ineptitude . Damodaran : Do n't assume that bankers and experts know what they are talking about .
A week into Facebook 's debut on the market , its price was down . Comment: The stock is trading at a premium to what it should be for an IPO and that means investors are willing to pay more than they would have been if the company hadn't gone public in Facebook 's IPO debacle was result of ineptitude . Damodaran : Do n't assume that bankers and experts know what they are talking about .