What is an IPO?

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• Initial Public Offering (IPO)

  When a company issues shares to the public for the first time. Known as "going public".

• Can an IPO be priced above or below the price range?

  Usually IPOs are priced within the price range but can be priced above or below the range.

• Why has it been so hard for individual investors, sometimes referred to as retail investors, to purchase IPOs?

  Investment banks that underwrite IPO’s have been eliminating their retail brokers along with their smaller customers for many years.

• Why do investors invest in IPOs?

  All investors have different strategies and we do not make any investment recommendations.

• Quiet Period

  In terms of an IPO, the period where an issuer is subject to a SEC ban on promotional publicity. The quiet period usually lasts either 40 or 90 days from the IPO. – Source: Investopedia.com