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		cageface on May 25, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook’s stock should trade for $13.80 Sure. It's not hard to construct all kinds of failure scenarios for FB. I just don't think that crude averages are much use here at all. In general I think that an average just isn't a very useful statistic. It throws away way too much information.

codeka on May 25, 2012 | [–]

It would be interesting to note what the standard deviation is on those figures. My guess is it's quite high, which does give Facebook a bit of breathing room.

philbarr on May 25, 2012 | | [–]

I'm surprised how often a mean is quoted without a standard deviation. Especially in an analysis like this. It's only telling you half the story.

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