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Did PrivCo or some related business entities have a short position in LivingSocial when the PrivCo statement was made on LivingSocial? Well, not in any simple
by graycat 14y ago
Did PrivCo or some related business entities have a short position in LivingSocial when the PrivCo statement was made on LivingSocial?
Well, not in any simple sense since apparently LivingSocial is not public yet. But a short position on a related company?
- josh2600 14y agoIt is difficult, at best, to know anyone's position in a private company without insider knowledge. While it might be theoretically possible to short something using a company like SecondMarket, the prevailing wisdom is that if it's not public it's probably not being shorted.
- jbail 14y agoCan you have a short position in a privately held company? I don't think so, but maybe there's a financial vehicle for that.
- driverdan 14y agoYou could have a contract to sell that would function similarly to futures or options. I doubt anyone would take the other side of a contract like this for LivingSocial though.
- graycat 14y agoRight. Sorry about leaving out the last paragraph. But one might try being short on a related public company, say, GroupOn.
- bitcartel 14y agoThat boat has long sailed. Anybody who wanted to short Groupon would have done it more than a year ago, when the stock was trading around $20-$25.