Is there an advantage to buying shares during an Initial Public Offering?
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Is there an advantage to buying shares during an Initial Public Offering
are there any financial benefits such as less brokerage fees, etc. during this time?
Is there an advantage to buying shares during an Initial Public Offering
are there any financial benefits such as less brokerage fees, etc. during this time?
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typically, that is when the stock will be at it’s lowest cost, and that growth will quickly follow.
Only that it’s cheaper — assuming the company’s a good investment.
Yes: Prior to the IPO There is a prospectus that is developed. Careful reading of the prospectus will give an incite to the viability of the propose business. The IPO price is set, you don’t have to worry about market movement. If you believe that the management is going to do what they say, and the company can do what it plans to do then you are looking at a company that will make money. Remember to check the competition, If the new company is going to give them problems, you have a good pick.
If you buy at the IPO, The market will determine if the investment is a buy, hold or sell. If it is a buy or hold, you will make money. If it is a sell, it is possible that you may loose on day one. Into the life of the new stock it could go up. Usually when you are buying stock you have no information to go by, this is why the IPO is so valued.
Depends on the company. I will give you 3 examples from last year’s 3 IPOs that go up, down and down first,up later. Plot their 1year price charts for details. They are
Master Card, symbol MA (up and up)
Vonage, VG (opened at $13, now it is only $6)
Tim Horton, THI (long term up)
as for brokerage fees — do not expect discount just because it is an IPO
First of all, it’s not all that easy to buy into most IPO’s. IPO stock is often priced to go up, insuring profits for the underwriters and the first tier of buyers. This built in profit reflects the risk of buying something when there is no market process to support price discovery. And there’s real risk: sometimes the IPO will fall on it’s face.
Since the underwriter begins with millions of shares, they will first look to big block buyers to move the lion’s share of the offering, no time for small investors. These will often be big customers of the investment bank. Sometimes, the investment house will reserve a block of IPO stock for it’s smaller retail customers. That’s the way it works in reality.
In some cases, some IPO stock may be reserved for employees of the company. And some weird companies like Google and Vonage have come up with more democratic ways of peddling the initial stock offering, although it’s not always clear that these represent good deals.
Just remember that buying an IPO is not a guaranteed road to riches. For example, Vonage went right from IPO to shareholder class action suit.