[nopardons]

Add Martha Stewart's IPO to the list of downward priced to " special people" and then took off. Of course, it's now very much off it's opening day price.

[Bob]

Add Martha Stewart's IPO to the list of downward priced to " special people" and then took off. Of course, it's now very much off it's opening day price.

I don't think her company is in the same league as these guys. While I don't know the original IPO price for MSO, Yahoo charts show that it initially traded around $40 in late '99. (There were no huge spikes up after it started trading.)

Within 6 months or so, it had dropped to around $15. It tried to come back but it's got a pretty ugly chart and never got back to its initial levels.