New York, New York - February 2, 2012 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal, specializing in sector research including tech stocks issues an investor alert for social networking stocks for February 2nd, following the S1 IPO filing of Facebook Inc, ( Facebook.com) yesterday. The Company is raising $5 Billion in its IPO and intends to start trading in May.

The hype surrounding the Facebook IPO, including the "pretty rich" valuation for the social network, is similar to that seen at the height of the dotcom bubble of the late 1990s, an investor told CNBC Wednesday.

As the anticipation continues to grow people with some familiarity to the matter have said that as early as the upcoming week papers may be filed by Facebook Inc for their initial public offering. The Facebook IPO would undoubtedly be one of the largest ever for any U.S. company in history.

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