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by raganwald 5335 days ago
How many of the folks who bought these shares believe strongly in Groupon’s fundamentals and plan to “buy and hold?” Raise your hand.

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Crickets.

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While others don't know when it will be a good time to short it, even though they want to. If you get it wrong you can get burnt.

With more Linkedin stock coming onto the market and the possibility of Facebook next year, things can get very interesting.

I like to buy and hold. I don't buy tech stocks. I work in IT. It might say something about having more blind confidence in predicting markets I understand less, or it might say something about tech stocks.

Just tell people you're diversifying.
When this Groupon offering sorts itself out (and it will), it will have a negative effect for Facebook and other IPOs in the pipeline.