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bamalucky

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Re: LC IPO
« Reply #30 on: December 11, 2014, 09:40:36 am »

I'm seeing the 250sh in my Fidelity account and a debit balance of $3750.  So that pretty clearly means I got the $15 price.

My advice.. Offer it for sale at $30.. Then buy it back after a dip... It may pop that high today
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Re: LC IPO
« Reply #31 on: December 11, 2014, 09:41:32 am »

It's trading now.. A little over $25
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Re: LC IPO
« Reply #32 on: December 11, 2014, 11:38:30 am »

I also got 250 from my 350 request.

I disagree with selling now... I think there will be continuing demand for a while.
« Last Edit: December 11, 2014, 11:40:10 am by loanuniverse »
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Re: LC IPO
« Reply #33 on: December 11, 2014, 11:45:27 am »

My advice.. Offer it for sale at $30.. Then buy it back after a dip... It may pop that high today

If you did not enable Margin trading on the Fidelity account, selling the securities before the settlement date (December 16th) might not be allowed, or at least could annoy them.

Personally I didn't go for the full 350, and got 150 of 200 requested.  Still I'm happy with the result.
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Re: LC IPO
« Reply #34 on: December 11, 2014, 11:50:05 am »

It's trading now.. A little over $25

Down to $23.. IPO's normally tend to tank right after the IPO & then recover.. IIRC Facebook went from $39 to about half that before recovering.
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Re: LC IPO
« Reply #35 on: December 11, 2014, 01:35:26 pm »

I've yet to receive confirmation of my allocation. I log in and it says it'll be available after 9 am EST, and it's well past that.

Edit: Nevermind, the shares are appearing in my account. I got 250.
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Re: LC IPO
« Reply #36 on: December 12, 2014, 08:47:51 am »

My advice.. Offer it for sale at $30.. Then buy it back after a dip... It may pop that high today

If you did not enable Margin trading on the Fidelity account, selling the securities before the settlement date (December 16th) might not be allowed, or at least could annoy them.

Personally I didn't go for the full 350, and got 150 of 200 requested.  Still I'm happy with the result.

Before the IPO I called Fidelity about that very question.  They told me we can sell the stock whenever we want, as long as payment is made by settlement.

So you could have sold the stock the moment it started trading and been fine, so long as you put 150 x $15 = $2250 of "new" money (i.e. the sales proceeds don't count) into the account by settlement day.
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Re: LC IPO
« Reply #37 on: December 12, 2014, 09:15:30 am »

Before the IPO I called Fidelity about that very question.  They told me we can sell the stock whenever we want, as long as payment is made by settlement.

So you could have sold the stock the moment it started trading and been fine, so long as you put 150 x $15 = $2250 of "new" money (i.e. the sales proceeds don't count) into the account by settlement day.

That's interesting that they are allowing that because brokers often see selling a stock before settlement as taking a temporary "short" position (selling stock you don't own) and want to charge you interest until the settlement date.
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Re: LC IPO
« Reply #38 on: December 18, 2014, 01:50:10 pm »

I sold my 250 shares for $27.50. Nothing wrong with the company per se, but I don't have a good idea what an appropriate valuation for it should be, so I'm not too comfortable keeping the position. I was just happy to be on the right side of an IPO for once and to make a nearly instant 83% return.

Also, it turns out Fidelity's site is terrible and even if I did keep the stock I'd rather have it in a different account. ::)
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Re: LC IPO
« Reply #39 on: December 18, 2014, 03:31:56 pm »

I will sell early next year. Hope it is at $30+ then.
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Re: LC IPO
« Reply #40 on: December 23, 2014, 06:15:02 pm »

Seems to have reached a peak and been going down a bit for the last few days. Not uncommon for an IPO.
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Re: LC IPO
« Reply #41 on: February 02, 2015, 09:02:35 pm »

Price seems to be settling somewhere around $18-$19 range for time being. Closed at $19.26 today. Well below peak but above initial price.
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Re: LC IPO
« Reply #42 on: February 10, 2015, 01:37:24 pm »

I recently heard or read a story that LC is going to be working with Alibaba to provide financing for American buyers to purchase from Chinese suppliers.

If that works out, I would guess it will be a great thing for LC.
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Re: LC IPO
« Reply #43 on: February 10, 2015, 07:04:31 pm »

I recently heard or read a story that LC is going to be working with Alibaba to provide financing for American buyers to purchase from Chinese suppliers.

If that works out, I would guess it will be a great thing for LC.

I wonder if the borrowers will be as fake as the goods they'll be buying. 
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Re: LC IPO
« Reply #44 on: February 11, 2015, 06:07:53 pm »

I recently heard or read a story that LC is going to be working with Alibaba to provide financing for American buyers to purchase from Chinese suppliers.

If that works out, I would guess it will be a great thing for LC.

I wonder if the borrowers will be as fake as the goods they'll be buying.

Here's the article.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ywang/2015/02/03/alibaba-to-offer-loans-to-u-s-businesses-through-lending-club/
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