When a company “goes public in an IPO” what does that mean?


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Kristel asks:

also, how does it reflect its financial statements??
ps,if possible id like details, thx in advanced!!
wtf????? this isnt homework!!!!!!

reliance power IPO refund not recieved 11009800?


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Irma asks:

i haven’t recieved my refund back. i applied through icicidirect for 210 shares. got 15 shares.
application number 11009800.
can we approach icici for this
some one answered that it has been sent to my previous address.
how can i know the courier details and date of delivery, so that i can inquire there.

Why does Google Finance show Visa trading history if Visa has not yet had an IPO?


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Maxie asks:

If I look up Visa (symbol = V) on Google Finance, it shows stock history from 2005 and 2006. If Visa has not yet had an IPO how can they have stock activity?

http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3AV

Is this some sort of glitch where some other company used to have the symbol V?

What is a IPO?


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Sherilyn asks:

Ford Motor Company visits the NYSE to celebate the 50th anniversary of the company’s IPO.<---- THIS WHAT IS IT?

question on Visa IPO?


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Alverta asks:

anyone know when the date is? This would be the first stocks i’m buying. What do you guys think? What is the name of that site that you can buy online( i keep forgetting).
Also, i’ve hear that I wouldn’t be able to buy any Visa stock on the ipo date because that is reserved to large companies or other large investors. any truth to that?

How can I find a withdrawn IPO (S-3 or S-1) filing statement?


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Heike asks:

****EDGAR does NOT have this, so don’t bother to suggest that******

I’m looking for the SEC IPO filing statement of a company, where the filing was withdrawn, and the company did not go public. Anyone know where I might find these?

They are NOT available on Edgar — they pull the statements for withdrawn filings.

which a/c in needed for ipo demat a/c or trading and demat a/c?


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Sherwood asks:

tell me pls i want to buy reliance ipo.also tell me what is difference between ipo and simple shares?

Does investing in stocks have a positive or negative effect on the economy?


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Stefany asks:

Supposedly, investing large amounts of money in post-IPO stocks simply locks that money away, and pulls it out of circulation. Is that true, and what effect does this have on the economy as a whole? (Is a lot of people with a lot of wealth sitting on their money, with it invested in stocks and only growing value for said people, a good thing or a bad thing?)

Great Profit Potential Comes With Greater Risk


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Angelo asks:

Perhaps you have been trading stocks for a long time. You believe that you have mastered the art known as trading and want to go even further. You think you are ready to play with the big boys now.

All right then, step right up to the plate and get prepared for some advanced stock market trading.

For advanced traders, using margin, selling short, getting into IPOs, and other quite sophisticated trading techniques and strategies can open a whole new world of exciting trading experiences and potential profits.

Understanding IPOs

IPOs or initial public offerings are a highly visible sign of the transition of a company from a privately owned organization to a publicly held firm. Every incorporated business issues common stock, although initially this is usually to a few stockholders. In order for a company to raise necessary capital without incurring debt, one commonly used method is to sell stock to the public, thereby becoming a publicly traded company.

There are two ways to potentially make money from these IPOs.

First, the trader needs to get in early and buy stocks through the initial public offering, hope for a large quick increase in share price, and then sell shares for a quick profit.

The other way is to sit back, watching and waiting until after the IPO has begun. See if the new stock is fairly priced. If it’s reasonable, then one would purchase the stock.

Shorting Stocks

Selling short is an advanced technique that many traders do not take advantage of. Short sellers look for the best stock to sell. Short sellers sell stock they don’t actually own with a belief the value will come down by a significant amount in the near future. The shares are borrowed from a stockholder. The borrowing is done by each party’s brokers.

When the price tumbles, the short sellers can buy the stock at the lower price to cover their short positions, pocket the profit and return the shares to the owners.

Short selling is risky though. If the prices jump instead of drop, you will lose money. It is often difficult to easily speculate if a stock will fall. The historical tendency of the average stock is to increase in price over the long term. So the potential for loss is greater than the potential for profit, because the short seller is going against a historical norm.

Margin Trading

Margin accounts can permit the trader to borrow money to buy stock. Margin trading uses borrowed money to increase how much stock the trader can buy. This money can be loaned by a broker.

If you were to buy a stock worth $1,000 on a cash basis, without the use of margin trading, you would have to dish out the full $1,000 dollars, plus commissions. But if you margin trade, your broker can lend you up to half of the amount or $500 on many stocks, and you only need to shoulder the other $500 plus commissions and interest payments.

If the stock gets you $10 per stock, profit will be based on the number of shares of stock you bought with $1,000. Then you can pay the broker back. If you did not margin trade, your profit would only have been for the number of shares of stock you paid for using cash. On the other hand, were the stock price to go down, the loss incurred would be based on the entire $1,000, and you would still owe the margin loan amount to the broker.

Closing

As with everything in life, there is a flip side to every coin. In many cases, the greater the profit, the greater the risk. Advanced trading is not for the faint of heart, and you should only trade with risk capital, not with money that you can’t do without.



Godrej Properties to File for Ipo in Few Days - TV


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Zofia asks:

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Godrej Industries Ltd chairman Adi Godrej said on Tuesday the group’s real estate unit, Godrej Properties, will file papers for an initial public offer with the markets regulator in “a few days”.

“We will file the prospectus with SEBI (Securities and exchange Board of India) in a few days,” Godrej told television channel CNBC-TV18. “We will be diluting about 10 percent stake.”

The company is currently developing about 20 million sq ft in Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad.

Indian real estate firms, hit by surging land costs and curbs on bank funding, have rushed to the capital market as they expand to cash in on an urban real estate boom.

In 2007, real estate firms mopped up a third of all funds raised through public offers in India. Twelve real estate firms raised 151.85 billion rupees, including the country’s largest real estate firm DLF, which raised $2.25 billion.



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