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Re:WeWork Parent Weighs Slashing Its Valuation in Half by runako on Thursday September 05, 2019 @12:27PM (#20888278)
Apparently the two companies are roughly the same size in terms of square footage under management. (IIRC IWG is a little bigger.)

So not likely IWG could absorb significant percentages of WeWork customers on short notice.

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Re:WeWork Parent Weighs Slashing Its Valuation in Half by YawningAngel on Thursday September 05, 2019 @03:09PM (#20889820)
If WeWork goes under there are going to be large amounts of co-working space going cheap.
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Re:WeWork Parent Weighs Slashing Its Valuation in Half by hdpq on Thursday September 05, 2019 @05:33PM (#20890819)
...so short CRE REITs, am i right?
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Re:WeWork Parent Weighs Slashing Its Valuation in Half by YawningAngel on Thursday September 05, 2019 @06:01PM (#20891039)
I don't advocate active trading unless you have substantial non public information, and I don't think this meets my non-public criterion
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Re:WeWork Parent Weighs Slashing Its Valuation in Half by jessaustin on Friday September 06, 2019 @06:20AM (#20894430)
Stay out of REITs anyway; once they have your money they essentially never have to give it back. I can't imagine how something so illiquid could be shorted in the first place.
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Re:WeWork Parent Weighs Slashing Its Valuation in Half by joncrane on Friday September 06, 2019 @10:10PM (#20901356)
Aren't REIT mutual funds the most likely vehicle for a retail investor to invest in REITs?
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Re:WeWork Parent Weighs Slashing Its Valuation in Half by hiccuphippo on Thursday September 05, 2019 @04:05PM (#20890222)
That's a good problem to face.
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