The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which Chief Technology Officer Jeremy Phillips and senior technology analyst Eric Bleeker discuss topics around the investing world.
With the recent market sell-off, growth companies are getting sold off the hardest. Since Facebook's IPO, Yelp is off 17%, Groupon is off 15%, and Zynga is off 25%. Worse than all three of those previously high-flying Internet stocks is Facebook's own performance in that time frame, down 30%. Eric and Jeremy take a look on each stock, advising investors that Yelp, Zynga, and Groupon are all stocks that shouldn't be bought - even if their stocks keep sliding. However, the two are divided on Facebook's prospects. See their analysis on why these companies should be avoided.
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