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To: AngelesCrestHighway
Rule # 1 on IPO's:

If you are not already in, it is better to stay out.

6 posted on 05/22/2012 9:56:05 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (When you hear hooves, think horses, not zebras.)
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To: Michael.SF.
Rule # 1 on IPO's: If you are not already in, it is better to stay out.

And to elaborate... an IPO is issued because the company owners -- the ones with the most info about it -- believe it is the best time to sell, and have determined what they think is a fair selling price. Unless you're buying and holding for the longer term, there's no real expectation that the stock will appreciate significantly from the IPO price, except for initial hype. Unless you think the company owners (and their financial advisers) are flat-out wrong in their assessment of the company's value.

10 posted on 05/22/2012 10:07:18 AM PDT by kevkrom (Those in a rush to trample the Constitution seem to forget that it is the source of their authority.)
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