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Lone Pine Sounds Alarm over Tech Valuations
In letters to investors, firm founder Stephen Mandel Jr. and colleagues say the equity market looks “extended” and that private companies are reaching frothy valuations.
Stephen Taub February 12, 2015

Stephen Mandel Jr. and several colleagues at Greenwich, Connecticut–based Lone Pine Capital have taken a cynical shot at the rash of investors, including hedge fund firms, that have been putting money into private companies. “With interest rates at multi-decade lows, equities markets having enjoyed

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