BEER Ch. 4 The Red Herring

[Dave Monroe]

On 10/23/13, Fiona Shnapple <fionashnapple at gmail.com> wrote

> The term, red herring is part of a conversation about an IPO.
>
> Can someone please explain how it might mean anything other than the
> publication with red letters on the cover that is standard due
> diligence that underwriters of IPOs and private placements and debt
> and derivatives are obliged, by law, to provide to  deal makers and
> prospective investors?

So you're saying "red herring" is a red herring?

Sometimes a "red herring" is only a red herring?

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