If People Start Talking to Each Other Again, What’s Topic No. 1? Why Social Media Stocks Suck

Both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal ran stories this weekend asking if a social media stock bubble just popped.

Facebook (FB) and Zynga (ZNGA) both issued disappointing, if not terribly surprising, earnings reports. Social media companies, it turns out, are not exactly ready for prime-time.

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Maybe so, except for that one stock in the group, LinkedIn (LNKD), which YCharts previously called the one pro among social media stocks. Americans may get tired of their fake and boastful Facebook friends or of trying to see tiny farm animals on their phones, but they never stop networking.

From the editors of YCharts.YCharts Pro Investor Service includes professional stock charts, stock ratings and portfolio strategies.

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