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Why speculation and gambling are different

by Interactive Brokers Traders Insight|Published December 16, 2020

Steve Sosnick, Interactive Brokers’ chief strategist, discusses the recent initial public offerings and the liquidity in the market.

We are seeing record IPOs this year with such companies and Airbnb and DoorDash.

Sosnick explains why investors need to be discerning in evaluating this market. 

Photo Credit: Scouse Smurf via Flickr Creative Commons

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Interactive Brokers Traders Insight
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Interactive Brokers Traders’ Insight (IBTI) is a venue for market-related articles and commentary covering an array of asset classes and topics. All articles published on Traders’ Insight are simultaneously published directly to our trading platform (TWS).
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