Dec 09

Businessweek has a story about investment funds that have invested in Facebook. This funds are providing retail investors with a means to invest indirectly into facebook.

Facebook Funds

EB Exchange Funds, based in San Francisco, along with New York firms Felix Investments and GreenCrest Capital, have opened Facebook funds.

Since you cant buy facebook stock directly you instead buy into the fund just like you buy a mutual fund.

Read the full story at businessweek facebook.

There is no doubt facebook is the biggest story since Google. Those investors who were lucky to get in early are smiling all the way to facebook IPO date. Funds such as EB exchange have given retail investors another window to get a piece of facebook.

Although Facebook is still a private company investors have been able to buy stock of the company. Stock of Facebook trade on a private-company stock market. The market is known as Secondmarket.

Although there is a secondary market it is extremely hard for outsiders to even get a single stock. The funds have provided another window to get into facebook.

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Jun 17

If you live around San Francisco and you need suggestions for a good financial advisors you need to look for a great financial advisor. Not one of those cut throat brokers that are just out to get your commission on trades. But one with your best interest at heart.

Looking for a Top Ranked Financial Advisor In San Francisco on Barron List

One of the places to find a Financial Advisor around San Francisco is the ranking of top financial advisors in San Francisco by Barron Online.

According to the 2010 Barron Ranking of San Francisco financial advisors, Top five were :-

  1. Troy Griepp of Morgan Stanley PWM
  2. Dan Osborne Merrill Lynch
  3. James Hulburd Merrill Lynch
  4. Sanford katz Credit Suisse Securities
  5. David La placa Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown

San Fransisco Independent Financial advisors

These are the big firms and like all other big firms they don’t come cheap. If they are expensive for you, you can always look for the independent advisors based around San francisco.

Another good place to find the San Francisco financial advisors is at Yelp online. This financial advisors are rated by people like, people who have done business with them. You can search for financial advisors near your neighbourhood and read other people have to say about them.

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