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  The biggest website on the planet..ie Facebook.. launches itself onto the world stock markets today. The share price is placed at $38 per share. A hefty price for a single share, so the chances are the shares will just be bought by large organisations rather than individuals. A far cry from the days of Sid and the British Gas share sell off. If I'm remembering correctly those shares were just £1.50. Allsorts of lowly individuals like myself were offered these on a wide scale and yours truly took up the offer. I became a Sid.
  
  But that was long ago and times change. These are more volatile days on the world markets.
  
  After today Mark Zuckerberg who started the concept off while at Harvard, will became one of the richest men in the world. With shares at that price it means the company is worth $104Billion ( yes Billion) more than Ford or Disney, yet as far as I know it has never turned a profit. But investors beware... is this another dotcom bubble set to burst? At least Ford have something concrete..an actual product.
  
  However it is all fascinating. Zuckerberg has struck a goldmine, to bring it all to fruition on such a scale needed bigtime investors and they will all benefit greatly today too. All will be rich...and Joe Public will continue to enjoy Facebook, up to 900 million users I believe.
  I'm not one of them myself. A dinosaur alas...

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