美國股市:推特股價創下歷史最低紀錄
Twitter just can't win on Wall Street. Shares of Twitter fell 2% last Tuesday and hit a new all-time low of $13.90.
推特似乎還是無法俘獲投資人的芳心。上週二，推特股價下跌2%，創下歷史最低記錄13.9美元。It is nearly 50% below its IPO price of $26 and more than 80% lower than the peak of $74.73 it hit way back in December 2013 -- one month after it went public. (Those were the days!)
相比起每股26美元的上市價格，現在的推特股價已經縮水了一半。而相比起2013年12月，即其上市後一個月的歷史最高點74.73美元，已下跌超過80%。（那都是過去時啦）There wasn't any news to explain the stock's slide. But Twitter has continued to slip since it reported earnings last week. Sales missed forecasts and investors were also disappointed by the company's outlook.
現在沒有任何消息放出來解釋推特股價的下跌。不過據其上週公佈的營收報告顯示，推特的業績已經持續下滑。銷售未能達到市場預期，投資人也對公司的發展前景感到悲觀。
Twitter's struggles are in stark contrast to Facebook -- which wowed investors with its latest earnings and is near an all-time high.
推特的困境與臉書形成鮮明對比--臉書的最新財報讓投資人擊節叫好，並且股價幾乎達到了歷史最高值。Despite the inordinate amount of attention that Twitter gets in the media thanks to its use by many celebrities, athletes and politicians, the company is still somewhat of a niche service compared to Facebook.
儘管由於很多名流、運動員和政客都使用推特才爲其帶來了一定的關注度，但與臉書相比，推特仍然有自己的市場定位。The comparisons to Facebook may be unfair. But investors don't seem to believe that CEO Jack Dorsey, who also runs mobile payments firm Square (SQ), can turn Twitter around.
與臉書比較可能有失公允。不過，投資人似乎對於同時還管理着Square支付公司的推特CEO傑克·多西仍心存疑惑。Twitter's recent deal with the NFL to live-stream a big chunk of Thursday Night Football games hasn't led to a touchdown for the stock either. So it will be interesting to see if Twitter's sagging stock price will attract any activist investors looking to shake things up.
近期，推特似乎希望通過與國家橄欖球聯盟（NFL）合作週四晚的足球比賽讓股價止穩，但似乎事與願違，股價依舊不斷破底。所以，非常有趣的是，我們將拭目一待：推特股價的持續下跌，是否會吸引一些冒險的投資人，扭轉局面。Twitter takeover rumors could pop up again too if the company's stock price remains this low. Google owner Alphabet is often mentioned as a likely suitor. That chatter resurfaced last year after Twitter hired former Google executive Omid Kordestani to be its chairman.
推特的股價不斷破底，又一次引發了其可能會被收購的傳言。谷歌母公司Alphabet就作爲潛在的買家多次被提及。在去年推特聘請谷歌的前高管奧米德·科爾德斯塔尼擔任董事長之後，該傳言就再次出現了。But one thing is certain. Investors are not happy with the current state of Twitter.
不過有一點可以肯定的是，投資人確實對推特的現狀非常不滿。
