what exactly is an IPO(initial public offering)?
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Hi Qualander,\n A IPO is when a private company becomes a public company by selling ownership (shares) of their company on the open market. They do so by selling a percentage of their company shares through an exchange, such as New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ or other exchanges. By doing so they are able to raise a significant amount of money quickly to build their company. This usually is a great way for a company to raise capital without having to go through a bank. But in doing so the reporting requirements to the government agency SEC (Security Exchange Commission)increases dramatically. \n You can find out a lot more @wikipedia.\n One more bit of advice, if you are lucky enough to buy a IPO stock and you show an immediate "decent" profit, please be certain to place a stop loss order. This way here you can at least protect some of your new found wealth. Good luck dancing between the raindrops.\nRegards, Inodat
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I am caution on Vonage IPO.  I'd rather put my money in Master cartd IPO instead.  For the simple reason, too much competition on the cable phone area.
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Its a preliminary prospectus prior to the IPO, with no price or number of shares stated.  Its called a Red Herring because it states in red it's not trying to sell shares, until the registration is approved by the SEC.
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Reliance Petroleum IPO allotment basis announced\n\n \nThe recent IPO of Reliance Petroleum Ltd which received tremendous response from all sections of investors has announced the allotment basis for investors who have applied in the IPO. The allotment basis can be viewed at Karvy website.\n\nThe retail investors who have applied for 1600 shares have received confirmed allotment of 116 shares. The premium for the stock in grey market is said to be around Rs.22 to Rs.30 over the IPO price of Rs.60
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Dell Inc. was founded and incorporated in 1984. Dell went public and made there IPO at $8.50 a share in 1988. They sold (3.5 million shares)
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Find out who is underwriting the IPO... then call those firms to see if any shares are left (odds are, it's it a hot IPO, you won't be able to get shares).  About the only way to get in on a hot IPO is to be a regular customer of those who do the underwriting... I suggest establishing an account at one or more of those firms and indicate your interest in upcoming IPO's.  Although you may have missed this one, you will certainly have other opportunities.  Once this stock trades on the open exchange, however, if you still like it, buy it.  I'm sure you're aware of how volatile IPO's can be... good luck.
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It's a publicly held company.
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No, as it is an IPO, not a spin-off to shareholders.
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Look, youre probably going to be offended by this answer...and I don't really mean to be nasty. If your education level is such that you can't formulate a sentence and spell any better than this, you should stay a long way away from the stock market, let alone IPO's. Get a good broker.
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Any company that is publically traded. You buy a share (or more) of the company.
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Yahoo is a publicly traded company (on the NASDAQ).  Ironically, I searched Google for that answer...\n\nhttp://finance.google.com/finance?q=yahoo
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Honda is a foreign company. The ticker HMC is actually an ADR (American Depository Receipt), which allows US investors to more easily purchase shares. It wouldn't have had an IPO as such, but it first started trading as an ADR on August 11, 1987 (closing at $95.13 per share).\n\nPapa John's went public on June 8, 1993.
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If you intend to invest in IPOs, wait for the announcement of companies. You can collect the application form from selected banks and such other financial institutions. You have to pay the initial application money for the number of shares you apply. If the company receives applications in excess of the shares to be issued, they may allot the shares on pro rata basis and the excess money you paid may either be returned or forwarded towards your next payment.
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A company is only required to make public it's financial data if it is publicly traded.  If it is a privately held company, the financial data is confidential.
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Good for you. 1500 x what price did you get in on? $15-$17 ipo   to publich\n\n1500 x avg $16 = $24,000 low\n5000 x avg $16 = $80,000\n\nIt's nice that your order got filled and got least 1500 shares.  Good luck.
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One place is through your broker. But they'll usually only have the IPO's in which they're helping underwrite.\n\nFor example, Fidelity has an alert that you can opt-in to that'll tell you of their IPOs as they come up and you can click on it to learn about the company and how to invest in it if you're interested.  For their IPO's you usually need $100K in a semiactive acct, or just $500K in assets deposited with them.\n\nGood luck!
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A venture capital firm manages (invests) funds on behalf of limited partners (LP's). Limited partners are typically either university endowments, state and local pension funds, or high-net worth individuals. Once raised, each fund is then invested into small entrepreneurial companies from which a large multiple is expected to be returned through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) or an acqusition. Once an entire fund is returned, the fund is then distributed back to the LP's at the same rate at which they invested.