AOL, Yahoo Were Better Investments This Year Than Facebook Stock

Ah, the benefit of hindsight. Those who rushed to buy Facebook stock at its initial public offering price of $38 per share on May 18, 2012, are likely a little disappointed with their investment one year later. Though the stock has recovered from its $17.55 September 4 low, the price of the stock today, at a little more than $26 per share, is still closer to its all-time low than its opening price. What if investors had put their money into other technology or Internet companies? Statistics data...