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Saturday, December 22, 2018

Investors should be wary as unicorns finally seek IPOs, Barron’s says


Many have taken rides from Lyft (LYFT) and Uber (UBER), and soon they may finally be able to invest in both, Daren Fonda and Jon Swartz write in this week’s edition of Barron’s. An expected wave of initial public offerings by giant, well-known companies like these could open opportunities for investors to jump into businesses with leading positions in winner-take-all markets, potentially becoming the next Amazon (AMZN) or Facebook (FB), the publication notes. Yet investors should temper their expectations as steep private valuations could make the stocks disappointing, at least in the near-term, they add.

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