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Falling Knife

The stock dropped from $100 to $73, so now it's cheap...right? And you wake up the next morning and the first print (at 10:17) is $57.

This stock ain't done fallin', baby.

Step in to buy it here at $56.80, and you're trying to catch a falling knife. Better wait 'til it's in the $20s, or has at least stopped demonstrating the effects of gravity on a high flier.

Knives, like an ex's sharp gaze, can cut.

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