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Young asks:

EMC’s VMWare is being touted as the biggest IPO since Google went public in 1994. I have January 2010 call options with a strike price of $17.50 on EMC. EMC is currently trading in the $19 to $20 range and word has it that the IPO will be priced between $20 and $25. Obviously we won’t be getting one share of VMWare for each share of EMC. So with each options contract being for a lot of 100 shares of stock, we can’t be getting an options contract for VMWare. So what do options investors get in the case of an IPO spin-off like this?

Alpha asks:

Earlier this week VMware went public. How could I have made this purchase before it shot up so much?

Also how would I be able to find IPO’s in the future. And again, how can I purchase them.

Input would be appreciated very much.

Elwanda asks:

So apparently VMWare IPO is coming soon. I’m not sure if a price per share has already been confirmed, and I don’t know that much about the market stocks, so I was wondering if anyone could tell me when it would be possible to buy shares from them?
Any information is appreciated Thanks

Irma asks:

For instance, vmware was priced at $29.00 but opened at around $52.00 a few weeks back. How would I be able to purchase at $29 before it opened?

Lyndon asks:

How can I know when a company will begin trading and how much the price per share will be?
For example, VMWare began trading on Tuesday at $29 per share, but that was made public about two days before the IPO. I read an article dated 8/13 that mentioned this, and they opened on 8/14.
How can I find that type of information for other companies?

Thanks.