LivePerson: I See Dead People

 | Jun 26, 2013 08:07AM ET

One long-standing weakness I am making some progress conquering this year is the willingness to take a position even when I think it’s “too late” (I will note that my abysmal failure to profit from the precious metals bear market is almost entirely due to this personality defect). One stock I shorted a week or two ago based on this is LivePerson, which has already been pummelled pretty badly, but as the saying goes – where there’s smoke, there’s fire .